Jeremiah 42:20

The Passion Translation

that you are in danger of your very lives. You deceived me when you sent me to Yahweh your God and said, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; whatever he says, we will do it.’

Cross References

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me they submitted to me. Even the rebel foreigners obey my every word.

Psalm 65:3

Though we are overcome by our many sins, your sacrifice covers over them all.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, Yahweh, probe the heart, and I thoroughly test the inner being to give to all people what they deserve according to their ways and based on their deeds.”

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister, Judah, refused to return to me with her whole heart; instead, she came with only deceitful lies,” declared Yahweh.

Jeremiah 37:3

King Zedekiah sent two men to me with a request, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah. They said to me, “Please intercede to Yahweh our God that he would help us.”

Jeremiah 38:14

Later, King Zedekiah summoned me to meet him at his private entrance to the temple of Yahweh. “I want to ask you for a word,” the king said to me, “and keep nothing back from me.”

Jeremiah 42:2

me and said, “Please listen to our humble plea and pray to Yahweh your God for us and for all this remnant. We were once many, but as you see, only a few of us remain.

Jeremiah 42:5

Then they in their turn said to me, “May Yahweh be an honest and faithful witness against us if we do not obey what Yahweh your God speaks to us through you.

Jeremiah 43:2

Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying. Yahweh our God did not tell you to say to us, ‘Do not go live in Egypt.’

Ezekiel 33:31

They all flock to you to sit at your feet as my people. They listen to your words, but they will not act on them. Instead, they express genuine devotion to Yahweh, but their hearts are set on cheating others.

Matthew 22:35

Then one of them, a religious scholar, posed this question to test him:

Galatians 6:7

God will never be mocked! For what you plant will always be the very thing you harvest.

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!