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 11:20But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
• Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
• Ps 54:7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
• Jer 17:10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Ps 59:10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
• Ps 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
• Ps 26:2–3Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
• Ps 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
• Ps 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Isa 37:14And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
• Jer 18:19–23Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
• Ps 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Jer 17:18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
• Ps 86:4Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
• 1 Pet 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
• 1 Sam 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
• Isa 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
• Rev 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
• 2 Chr 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
• Rev 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Ps 109:6–20Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
• Rev 19:2–3For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
• 1 Pet 4:19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
• Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Jer 12:8Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

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