Jeremiah 8:8

Young's Literal Translation 1862

How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

Cross References

Job 11:12

And empty man is bold, And the colt of a wild ass man is born.

Job 12:20

Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

Psalm 147:19

Declaring His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Sons' sons `are' the crown of old men, And the glory of sons `are' their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

Thy first father sinned, And thine interpreters transgressed against me,

Jeremiah 18:18

And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.

Jeremiah 19:7

And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests have not said, `Where `is' Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

Jeremiah 48:14

How do ye say, We `are' mighty, And men of strength for battle?

Hosea 8:12

I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.

Matthew 15:6

and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, `If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say -- We see, therefore doth your sin remain.

Romans 1:22

professing to be wise, they were made fools,