Jeremiah 4:18
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.”Jeremiah 4:18
What Does Jeremiah 4:18 Mean?
Jeremiah 4:18 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 4, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin, and Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 4:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 4:8“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”Jeremiah 2:17“Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?”Psalms 107:17“Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.”Jeremiah 2:19“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Proverbs 1:31“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”Isaiah 50:1“Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.”Jeremiah 6:19“Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.”Ezekiel 39:24“According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.”Proverbs 5:22“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”Hosea 7:2“And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.”Micah 1:5“For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?”Genesis 42:21“And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.”2 Chronicles 12:5“Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.”2 Chronicles 24:20“And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.”Job 20:5“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”Jeremiah 4:10“Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.”Jeremiah 5:19“And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.”Jeremiah 14:16“And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.”Jeremiah 26:19“Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.”Lamentations 5:16“The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!”
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