Jeremiah 4:22
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”Jeremiah 4:22
What Does Jeremiah 4:22 Mean?
Jeremiah 4:22 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 4, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 4:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 40:28“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”Isaiah 1:3“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”1 Corinthians 14:20“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.”Ephesians 5:17“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”Hosea 4:6“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”Romans 16:19“For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.”Jeremiah 5:21“Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:”Matthew 6:23“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”Romans 3:11“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”Ecclesiastes 7:29“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”Romans 1:22“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”Jeremiah 2:13“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”Hosea 5:4“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.”Deuteronomy 32:28“For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.”Psalms 53:4“Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.”Micah 2:1“Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.”John 16:3“And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.”Romans 1:28“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;”Psalms 32:9“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.”Isaiah 6:9“And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.”
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