Jeremiah 20:10

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Summary

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

I heard

Fear

Jeremiah 20:3

Report

All my familiars

Luke 12:52

We shall

Acts 23:12

General references

Psalm 94:19

Matthew 10:36

Mark 3:2

Bible References

I heard

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Fear

And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.

Report

And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.

He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.

that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility.

In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.

And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.

All my familiars

All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. ...

And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;

for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

We shall

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.

And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

General references

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

and they of his household shall be a man's enemies.

And they watched him if he would heal him on the sabbath, that they might accuse him.