Jeremiah 20:12

Jeremiah appeals to God who tests the righteous and sees the heart, entrusting his cause and asking to see God's justice. He commits his vindication to the Lord.

Cross-references · 25

• Jer 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
• Ps 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
• Ps 54:7For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
• Jer 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Ps 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
• Ps 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
• Ps 26:2–3Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
• Ps 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
• Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
• Isa 37:14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
• Jer 18:19–23Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
• Ps 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Jer 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.
• Ps 86:4Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
• 1 Pet 2:23When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• 1 Sam 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
• Isa 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
• Rev 6:10And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
• 2 Chr 24:22Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
• Rev 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Ps 109:6–20Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
• Rev 19:2–3For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
• 1 Pet 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
• Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
• Jer 12:8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.

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