Jeremiah 6:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.”
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“All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously--brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 6:28 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 14:43If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,
- Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
- Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Isaiah 1:4Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- Isaiah 31:6Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
- Jeremiah 5:23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone away.
- Jeremiah 6:30They are called rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
- Jeremiah 7:28Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.
- Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
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