Jeremiah 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Run ye

Zechariah 2:4

Seek

Proverbs 8:3

Song of Songs 3:2

Luke 14:21

If ye can

1 Kings 19:10

Proverbs 20:6

Ezekiel 22:30

If there

Micah 7:1

That seeketh

General references

Genesis 18:26

Bible References

Run ye

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book, till the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein;

Seek

Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.

I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

If ye can

And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

If there

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also cause the righteous to perish with the wicked?

{To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; there is no early fruit which my soul desired.

That seeketh

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.

General references

And Jehovah said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sakes.