Jeremiah 18:18

New Living Translation

A Plot against Jeremiah

¹⁸Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”

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Jeremiah 18:18

New International Version

¹⁸They said, “Come, let’s make plans^(A) against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest^(B) will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise,^(C) nor the word from the prophets.^(D) So come, let’s attack him with our tongues^(E) and pay no attention to anything he says.”

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Psalm 52:2

New Living Translation

²All day long you plot destruction.
Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor;
you’re an expert at telling lies.

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Psalm 52:2

New International Version

²You who practice deceit,^(A)
your tongue plots destruction;^(B)
it is like a sharpened razor.^(C)

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Jeremiah 11:19

New Living Translation

¹⁹I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

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Jeremiah 11:19

New International Version

¹⁹I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;^(A) I did not realize that they had plotted^(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,^(C)
that his name be remembered^(D) no more.”

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Malachi 2:7

New Living Translation

⁷“The words of a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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Malachi 2:7

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⁷“For the lips of a priest^(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger^(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.^(C)

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Psalm 64:3

New Living Translation

³They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.

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Psalm 64:3

New International Version

³They sharpen their tongues like swords^(A)
and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(B)

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Psalm 21:11

New Living Translation

¹¹Although they plot against you,
their evil schemes will never succeed.

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Psalm 21:11

New International Version

¹¹Though they plot evil^(A) against you
and devise wicked schemes,^(B) they cannot succeed.

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Micah 2:1-3

New Living Translation

Judgment against Wealthy Oppressors

2 What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
    thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
    simply because you have the power to do so.
²When you want a piece of land,
    you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
    you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
    stealing his family’s inheritance.

³But this is what the Lord says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”

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Micah 2:1-3

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Human Plans and God’s Plans

2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    to those who plot evil^(A) on their beds!^(B)
At morning’s light they carry it out
    because it is in their power to do it.
²They covet fields^(C) and seize them,^(D)
    and houses, and take them.
They defraud^(E) people of their homes,
    they rob them of their inheritance.^(F)

³Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster^(G) against this people,
from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,^(H)
for it will be a time of calamity.

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Jeremiah 43:2

New Living Translation

²Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other proud men said to Jeremiah, “You lie! The Lord our God hasn’t forbidden us to go to Egypt!

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Jeremiah 43:2

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²Azariah son of Hoshaiah^(A) and Johanan^(B) son of Kareah and all the arrogant^(C) men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying!^(D) The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’^(E)

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Jeremiah 18:11

New Living Translation

¹¹“Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all Judah and Jerusalem. Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am planning disaster for you instead of good. So turn from your evil ways, each of you, and do what is right.’”

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Jeremiah 18:11

New International Version

¹¹“Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster^(A) for you and devising a plan^(B) against you. So turn^(C) from your evil ways,^(D) each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’^(E)

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Jeremiah 13:13-14

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¹³“Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the Lord means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkenness—from the king sitting on David’s throne to the priests and the prophets, right down to the common people of Jerusalem. ¹⁴I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the Lord. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.’”

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Jeremiah 13:13-14

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¹³then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to fill with drunkenness^(A) all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem. ¹⁴I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the Lord. I will allow no pity^(B) or mercy or compassion^(C) to keep me from destroying^(D) them.’”

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Jeremiah 5:12-13

New Living Translation

¹²“They have lied about the Lord
    and said, ‘He won’t bother us!
No disasters will come upon us.
    There will be no war or famine.
¹³God’s prophets are all windbags
    who don’t really speak for him.
    Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!’”

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Jeremiah 5:12-13

New International Version

¹²They have lied^(A) about the Lord;
    they said, “He will do nothing!
No harm will come to us;^(B)
    we will never see sword or famine.^(C)
¹³The prophets^(D) are but wind^(E)
    and the word is not in them;
    so let what they say be done to them.”

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Proverbs 18:21

New Living Translation

²¹The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences.

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Proverbs 18:21

New International Version

²¹The tongue has the power of life and death,^(A)
and those who love it will eat its fruit.^(B)

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Psalm 57:4

New Living Translation

⁴I am surrounded by fierce lions
who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
and whose tongues cut like swords.

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Psalm 57:4

New International Version

⁴I am in the midst of lions;^(A)
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.^(B)

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