Jeremiah 16:8

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“You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.”

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BSBPD

“You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 16:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
  3. Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
  4. Jeremiah 15:17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
  5. Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
  6. Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
  7. Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
  8. 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
  9. Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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

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