Jeremiah 8:8

The Passion Translation

How dare you say, ‘We are wise, because we have the law of Yahweh?’ Look! The scribes teach lies about the law. They have made the law itself into a lie!

Cross References

Psalm 147:19

In the same way, he speaks his word to Jacob, and to Israel he brings his life-giving instruction.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandparents have the crowning glory of life: grandchildren! And it’s only proper for children to take pride in their parents.

Isaiah 43:27

Your earliest ancestor sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said: “Come on, let’s plan a scheme against Jeremiah! There are always priests and wise ones who can give us instruction. We will still have prophets to give us Yahweh’s message. Come on, let’s attack his reputation and drum up phony charges against him. And let’s pay no attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 19:7

“ ‘And I will also frustrate the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause their bloodthirsty enemies to triumph over them, and I will give their dead bodies as food to the beasts of the field and birds of the sky.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not stop and ask, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ The scribal scholars did not intimately know me. The shepherds of the people rebelled against me. The false prophets prophesied by the spirit of Baal, and they worshiped idols that could not help them.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish because they don’t know who I really am. They are reckless, senseless children. They think they are wise, but they are cunning in sinfulness and clueless in righteousness.”

Jeremiah 48:14

“How, then, can you say, ‘We are heroes of Moab and mighty men of war’?

Matthew 15:6

This doesn’t honor your father or mother. And you have elevated your tradition above the words of God.

John 9:41

Jesus told them, “If you would acknowledge your blindness, then your sin would be removed. But now that you claim to see, your sin remains with you!”

Romans 1:22

Although claiming to be wise, they were in fact shallow fools.