Jeremiah 5:26
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”Jeremiah 5:26
What Does Jeremiah 5:26 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:26 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 5, verse 26 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 Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 5:26 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 25:15“Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.”Proverbs 1:11“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”Psalms 64:5“They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?”Psalms 124:7“Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.”Isaiah 32:7“The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.”Micah 7:2“The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.”Jeremiah 18:22“Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.”Ezekiel 22:2“Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.”Psalms 10:9“He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.”1 Samuel 19:10“And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.”Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.”Jeremiah 4:22“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.”Micah 6:10“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”Habakkuk 1:14“And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?”Luke 5:10“And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.”Psalms 55:11“Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.”Proverbs 1:17“Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.”Proverbs 12:6“The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.”Proverbs 14:17“He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.”Isaiah 33:15“He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;”
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