Jeremiah 45:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Seekest

Hebrews 13:5

Seek

Matthew 6:25

I will bring

Thy life

Jeremiah 21:9

Jeremiah 38:2

Jeremiah 39:18

Bible References

Seekest

Then he said unto him, Did not my heart go with thee when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money and to receive garments and oliveyards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menslaves and maidslaves?

Be unanimous among yourselves, not high minded, but accommodating the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

I hold, therefore, this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be thus:

But piety with contentment is great gain.

Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Seek

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

I will bring

and to all the kings of the north wind, those of far and those of near, one with another and to all the kingdoms of the earth, which are upon the face of the earth and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

For by fire and by his sword will the LORD judge all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be multiplied.

Therefore wait for me, said the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my judgment is to gather the Gentiles, that I may assemble the kingdoms to pour upon them my indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Thy life

He that abides in this city shall die by the sword or by the famine or by the pestilence, but he that goes out and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his soul shall be unto him for a spoil.

Thus hath the LORD said, He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he that goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey and shall live.

For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee, because thou hast put thy trust in me, said the LORD.