Jeremiah 7:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,”

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BSBPD

“For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 7:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
  2. Judges 21:12So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  3. 1 Kings 6:12“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
  4. Isaiah 1:19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
  5. Isaiah 16:3“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
  6. Jeremiah 4:1“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
  7. Jeremiah 7:3Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
  8. Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
  9. Ezekiel 18:5Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
  10. Ezekiel 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  11. Ezekiel 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.

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

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