Jeremiah 10:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.”

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BSBPD

“Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 10:24 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 6:18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
  2. Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  3. Psalms 6:2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  4. Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  5. Isaiah 28:28Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
  6. Isaiah 40:23He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
  7. Isaiah 41:11Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
  8. Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  9. Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

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