Jeremiah 11:18

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“And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.”

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BSBPD

“And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it: then thou showedst me their doings.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And, O Jehovah, cause me to know, and I know, Then Thou hast showed me their doings.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 11:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 23:11Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
  2. 1 Samuel 23:12So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
  3. 2 Kings 6:9Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
  4. 2 Kings 6:14the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
  5. 2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  6. Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
  7. Ezekiel 8:6“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
  8. Matthew 21:3If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
  9. Romans 3:7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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