Jeremiah 8:8
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.”Jeremiah 8:8
What Does Jeremiah 8:8 Mean?
Jeremiah 8:8 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 8, verse 8 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 8:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 119:126“It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.”John 3:10“Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?”Isaiah 10:1“Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;”John 9:41“Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.”1 Corinthians 3:18“Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”Job 5:12“He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.”Psalms 119:99“I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.”Mark 7:13“Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”Matthew 15:6“And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.”Romans 1:22“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”Romans 3:31“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”2 Samuel 15:31“And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”Job 12:20“He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.”Psalms 119:100“I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.”Psalms 147:19“He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.”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!”Luke 7:30“But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.”Luke 11:35“Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.”Job 11:12“For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.”Hosea 8:12“I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.”
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