Jeremiah 9:6

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Jeremiah 9:6

You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Job 21:14-15

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Proverbs 1:24

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

These evil people, who refuse to listen to Me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

John 3:19-20

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

Psalm 120:2-6

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 11:19

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your sons.

Romans 1:28

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

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Summary

Jeremiah 9:6

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Habitation

Refuse

1 Corinthians 15:34

General references

Exodus 16:28

Habakkuk 1:3

Acts 24:9

Bible References

Habitation

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!

Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

Refuse

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

Come to your senses

and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

General references

Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commands and instructions?

Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were so.