Jeremiah 43:2

Proud leaders accuse Jeremiah of lying, claiming God never told them not to go to Egypt. Their charge reveals hearts that reject God's word when it crosses their will.

Cross-references · 24

• 2 Chr 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
• Isa 7:9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
• Jer 42:1Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
• Jer 13:15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
• Jer 5:12–13They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Jas 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
• Prov 16:18–19Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• Jer 40:8Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
• Jer 43:1And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
• Hab 2:4–5Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Prov 16:5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
• Jer 40:13–16Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
• Ps 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
• Prov 6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
• Ps 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
• Ps 12:3The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
• Jer 41:16Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
• Exod 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 5:2And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
• Prov 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Prov 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Ps 10:4–5The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
• Isa 9:9–10And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

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