Jeremiah 5:26

The Scriptures 1998

‘For among My people are found wrong men who lie in wait as one who sets snares. They have set up a trap, they catch men.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a raiding party suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.

Psalm 64:5

They arm themselves with an evil word; They talk of hiding snares; They have said, “Who sees them?”

Luke 5:10

so too were Yaʽ

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression, and the house of Yaʽ

Isaiah 32:7

And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is an arrow shot out. It speaks deceit – speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for my life. Remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, and to turn away Your wrath from them.

Micah 6:10

“Are there still treasures of wrongness in the house of the wrong, and the short measure that is an abomination?”

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.