Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Psalm 52:2
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Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
(C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
that his name be remembered no more.”
Malachi 2:7
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7 For (A)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[a] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 2:7 Hebrew they
Psalm 64:3
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Psalm 21:11
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11 Though they plan evil against you,
though they (A)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
Micah 2:1-3
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Woe to the Oppressors
2 (A)Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil (B)on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and (C)seize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against (D)this family I am devising disaster,[a]
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you (E)shall not walk haughtily,
(F)for it will be a time of disaster.
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- Micah 2:3 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context
Jeremiah 18:11
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11 Now, therefore, say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: ‘Thus says the Lord, Behold, I am shaping disaster against you and devising a plan against you. (A)Return, every one from his evil way, and (B)amend your ways and your deeds.’
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Proverbs 18:21
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21 (A)Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.
Jeremiah 43:2
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2 Azariah the son of (A)Hoshaiah and (B)Johanan the son of Kareah and (C)all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The Lord our God did not send you to say, (D)‘Do not go to Egypt to live there,’
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Jeremiah 14:14-16
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14 And the Lord said to me: “The (A)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. (B)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, (C)worthless divination, and (D)the deceit of their own minds. 15 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name although (E)I did not send them, and who say, (F)‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: (G)By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, (H)with none to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.
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Jeremiah 13:13-14
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13 Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: (B)the kings who sit on David's throne, (C)the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 14 And I will (D)dash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”
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Jeremiah 5:12-13
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12 They have spoken falsely of the Lord
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
(A)no disaster will come upon us,
(B)nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 The prophets will become wind;
the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”
Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’
(A)Those who handle the law did not know me;
(B)the shepherds[a] transgressed against me;
(C)the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after (D)things that do not profit.
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- Jeremiah 2:8 Or rulers
Isaiah 32:7
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7 As for the scoundrel—(A)his devices are evil;
he plans wicked schemes
to ruin the poor with lying words,
even when the plea of the needy is right.
Job 5:13
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13 He (A)catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near (A)and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
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2 Samuel 17:14
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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (A)For the Lord had ordained[a] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded
2 Samuel 15:31
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31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”
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Leviticus 10:11
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11 and (A)you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”
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John 9:40
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40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, (A)“Are we also blind?”
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John 7:47-49
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47 The Pharisees answered them, (A)“Have you also been deceived? 48 (B)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
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Jeremiah 44:17
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17 (A)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to (B)the queen of heaven (C)and pour out drink offerings to her, (D)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.
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Jeremiah 29:25-29
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25 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to (A)Zephaniah the son of (B)Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26 ‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have (C)charge in the house of the Lord (D)over every madman who prophesies, to put him in (E)the stocks and neck irons. 27 Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah (F)of Anathoth who is prophesying to you? 28 For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; (G)build houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”
29 (H)Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
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