Jeremiah 9:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.”
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“You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“thy dwelling <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 9:6 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
- Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
- Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
- Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 13:10These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
- 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.”
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.They will call on My name,and I will answer them.I will say, ‘They are My people,’and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
- John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
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