Jeremiah 5:27
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.”Jeremiah 5:27
What Does Jeremiah 5:27 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:27 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 5, verse 27 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 5:27 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Timothy 6:10“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”Isaiah 59:14“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”Jeremiah 12:1“Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”Jeremiah 9:6“Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.”Nehemiah 9:25“And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.”Isaiah 3:14“The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.”Jeremiah 8:5“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”Job 12:6“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.”Proverbs 1:11“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”Isaiah 2:7“Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”Ezekiel 21:24“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.”Daniel 8:8“Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.”Hosea 12:7“He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.”Amos 8:4“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”Micah 1:12“For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.”Habakkuk 1:4“Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”Habakkuk 2:9“Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!”Revelation 18:2“And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.”Micah 6:10“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”
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