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 the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, for from now on thou shalt have wars.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end: many shall pass by, and knowledge shall be multiplied.

They shall go through the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

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

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls for the multitude of men and beasts in the midst of her:

Seek

She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

I will rise now and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.

So that slave came and showed his lord these things. Then the husband of the house, being angry, said to his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind.

If ye can

And he replied, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of the hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek me to take my life.

Most men will proclaim each one his own mercy, but who can find a man of truth?

And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it, but I found no one.

If there

And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one.

God looked down from heaven upon the sons of Adam 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 grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

That seeketh

if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hid treasures,

Buy the truth and sell it not, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

No one calls for righteousness, nor do any judge by the truth; they trust in vanity, and speak vanities; they conceive trouble and bring forth iniquity.

and with all deception of iniquity working in those that perish because they did not receive the charity of the truth, to be saved.

General references

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.