Jeremiah 20:10

Jeremiah is surrounded by whispering enemies, even friends, watching for his fall. Betrayal deepens his suffering.

Cross-references · 27

• Ps 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
• Ps 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
• Isa 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
• Jer 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
• Ps 64:2–4Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
• Prov 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Ezek 22:9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
• Jer 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
• Ps 55:13–14But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
• Acts 24:13Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
• Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
• Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
• Neh 6:6–13that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
• Job 19:19All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
• 1 Kgs 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
• 1 Kgs 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Acts 6:11–15Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• Matt 26:59–60Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• 1 Kgs 22:27and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
• Mark 6:19–28So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
• Acts 23:12–15When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Acts 24:1–9Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
• Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
• Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
• 1 Kgs 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
• Luke 12:52–53From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
• Ps 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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