Jeremiah 7:4
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4 (A)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’
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Micah 3:11
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11 (A)Her heads judge for a bribe,
(B)Her priests teach for pay,
And her prophets divine for [a]money.
(C)Yet they lean on the Lord, and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No harm can come upon us.”
Footnotes
- Micah 3:11 Lit. silver
Luke 3:8
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8 Therefore bear fruits (A)worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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Matthew 3:9-10
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9 and do not think to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. (B)Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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Zephaniah 3:11
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11 In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds
In which you transgress against Me;
For then I will take away from your midst
Those who (A)rejoice in your pride,
And you shall no longer be haughty
In My holy mountain.
Ezekiel 13:19
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19 And will you profane Me among My people (A)for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”
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Jeremiah 29:31
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31 Send to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, (A)and I have not sent him, and he has caused you to trust in a (B)lie—
Jeremiah 7:8-12
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8 “Behold, you trust in (A)lying words that cannot profit. 9 (B)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and (C)walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 (D)and then come and stand before Me in this house (E)which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’? 11 Has (F)this house, which is called by My name, become a (G)den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” says the Lord.
12 “But go now to (H)My place which was in Shiloh, (I)where I set My name at the first, and see (J)what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
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Jeremiah 6:14
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14 They have also (A)healed the [a]hurt of My people [b]slightly,
(B)Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:14 Lit. crushing
- Jeremiah 6:14 Superficially
Jeremiah 29:23
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23 because (A)they have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I (B)know, and am a witness, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 28:15
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15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but (A)you make this people trust in a (B)lie.
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1 Samuel 4:3-4
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3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? (A)Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us it may save us from the hand of our enemies.” 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, (B)who dwells between (C)the cherubim. And the (D)two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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