Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives, Cross References Isaiah 28:15 For you said, "We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place." Jeremiah 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah." Jeremiah 27:14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, 'You must not serve the king of Babylon,' for they are prophesying to you a lie. Jeremiah 29:31 "Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you--though I did not send him--and has made you trust in a lie, Jeremiah 34:16 But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves. Jeremiah 34:22 Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant." Ezekiel 18:21 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. Ezekiel 18:27 But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life. Ezekiel 33:14 But if I tell the wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right-- Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate. Treasury of Scripture Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: with lies Ezekiel 9:4 Jeremiah 4:10 Jeremiah 14:13-17 and strengthened Jeremiah 23:14 Jeremiah 27:14-17 Jeremiah 28:16 by promising him life. Ezekiel 13:16 Genesis 3:4,5 Jeremiah 6:14 |