Jeremiah 2:13

My people have done two things wrong: (l) They have abandoned me, the fountain (source) of living waters. They have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water. (Revelation 4:11)

Psalm 36:9

For with you is the fountain (source) of life. In your light we see light. (Jeremiah 2:13) (Acts 17:28)

Jeremiah 17:13

You will put to shame all that forsake you, O Jehovah, the hope of Israel. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, for they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living water.

John 4:14

But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Judges 10:13

You still left me and worshiped other gods. I am not going to rescue you again.

1 Samuel 12:10

Again they cried to Jehovah for help! They said: 'We have sinned, because we turned away from you, Jehovah. We worshiped the idols of the Baals and the Ashtoreth (Greek: Astarte). Rescue us from our enemies. We will worship you!'

Psalm 81:11-13

My people did not listen to my voice. Israel did not obey me.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.

Psalm 146:3-4

Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand. But one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have learned why people work so hard to succeed. It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is vanity! It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

Isaiah 1:3

The bull knows its owner, and donkey knows where its master feeds it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand!

Isaiah 5:13

My people will go into exile because they do not understand what I am doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst.

Isaiah 44:9-20

All who make idols are nothing. The things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind. They are shamefully ignorant.

Isaiah 46:6-7

Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

Isaiah 63:8

He said: They are my people, sons who will not lie to me. So he became their Savior.

Jeremiah 1:16

I will pronounce judgment against my people because of all their wickedness. They abandoned me. They burned incense to other gods. They worshiped what their hands have made.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.

Jeremiah 2:17

You have done this to yourself by abandoning Jehovah your God when he led you on his way.

Jeremiah 2:26

As a thief feels ashamed when he is caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.

Jeremiah 2:31-32

O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?

Jeremiah 4:22

My people are fools. They do not know me. They are stupid people. They do not understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they do not know how to do good.

Jeremiah 5:26

Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy falsehoods. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do when the end comes?'

Jeremiah 15:6

You left me, declares Jehovah. You turned your back on me. So I will stretch out my hand against you (use my power against you) and destroy you. I am tired of showing compassion to you.

Jeremiah 18:14

Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

Micah 2:8

Lately my people have become an enemy! You strip the robe off the garment from passersby, from men returning from war.

Micah 6:3

O my people, what have I done to you? How have I grieved you? Respond to me.

John 7:37

On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink.

2 Peter 2:17

These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me: It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who thirsts from the fountain of the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:1

He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:17

The Spirit and the bride say: Come And let him who hears say: Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him drink the water of life freely.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

For my

Jeremiah 2:31
O you people of this generation consider the word of Jehovah! Have I been a wilderness, a land of thick darkness, for Israel? Why do my people say that they are free to wander around and no longer come to me?
Jeremiah 4:22
My people are fools. They do not know me. They are stupid people. They do not understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they do not know how to do good.
Jeremiah 5:26
Wicked men are found among my people. They lie in ambush like bird catchers. They set traps and catch men.
Psalm 81:11
My people did not listen to my voice. Israel did not obey me.
Isaiah 1:3
The bull knows its owner, and donkey knows where its master feeds it. But Israel does not know. My people do not understand!
Isaiah 5:13
My people will go into exile because they do not understand what I am doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst.
Isaiah 63:8
He said: They are my people, sons who will not lie to me. So he became their Savior.
Micah 2:8
Lately my people have become an enemy! You strip the robe off the garment from passersby, from men returning from war.
Micah 6:3
O my people, what have I done to you? How have I grieved you? Respond to me.

The fountain

Jeremiah 17:13
You will put to shame all that forsake you, O Jehovah, the hope of Israel. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, for they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living water.
Jeremiah 18:14
Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Psalm 36:9
For with you is the fountain (source) of life. In your light we see light. (Jeremiah 2:13) (Acts 17:28)
John 4:14
But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
John 7:37
On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and shouted in a loud voice: If any man thirst let him come to me and drink.
Revelation 21:6
And he said to me: It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who thirsts from the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:1
He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Broken cisterns

Jeremiah 2:11
Has any nation ever exchanged gods? Their gods are not really gods. Yet my people have exchanged their glory for something that does not help them.
Psalm 115:4
Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.
Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes, in mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:4
I have learned why people work so hard to succeed. It is because they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is vanity! It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
Isaiah 44:9
All who make idols are nothing. The things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind. They are shamefully ignorant.
Isaiah 46:6
Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.

General references

Judges 10:13
You still left me and worshiped other gods. I am not going to rescue you again.
2 Kings 21:22
Amon turned away from Jehovah the God of his fathers. He did not walk in his ways.
Hosea 6:10
I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.
Jonah 2:8
They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.