Jeremiah 42:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:11 : 11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way in your faith: let my heart be glad in the fear of your name.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.
  • Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways. 5 Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.
  • Mic 4:2 : 2 And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  • Ps 27:11 : 11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.
  • Deut 5:26 : 26 For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?
  • Deut 5:29 : 29 If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!
  • 1 Kgs 8:36 : 36 Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.
  • Isa 2:3 : 3 And the peoples will say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob: and he will give us knowledge of his ways, and we will be guided by his word; for out of Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  • Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you. 9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you. 10 Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness.
  • Mark 12:13-14 : 13 Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick. 14 And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 42:1-2
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    80%

    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 to the greatest, came near,

    2And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let our request come before you, and make prayer for us to the Lord your God, even for this small band of us; for we are only a small band out of what was a great number, as your eyes may see:

  • Judg 18:5
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    5Then they said, Do get directions from God for us, to see if the journey on which we are going will have a good outcome.

  • Jer 42:4-6
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    76%

    4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have given ear to you; see, I will make prayer to the Lord your God, as you have said; and it will be that, whatever the Lord may say in answer to you, I will give you word of it, keeping nothing back.

    5Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.

    6If it is good or if it is evil, we will be guided by the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you; so that it may be well for us when we give ear to the voice of the Lord our God.

  • Lam 3:40
    74%

    40Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

  • Ps 25:4
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    4Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.

  • 1 Kgs 8:58
    74%

    58Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

  • Jer 42:20
    73%

    20For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

  • Exod 33:13
    73%

    13If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

  • Isa 41:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Let the future be made clear to us: give us news of the past things, so that we may give thought to them; or of the things to come, so that we may see if they are true.

    23Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.

  • Jer 42:9
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    9And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

  • 2 Chr 6:31
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    31So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

  • Dan 9:13-15
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    73%

    13As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.

    14So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.

    15And now, O Lord our God, who took your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand and made a great name for yourself even to this day; we are sinners, we have done evil.

  • Jer 21:2
    73%

    2Will you get directions from the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, is making war against us; it may be that the Lord will do something for us like all the wonders he has done, and make him go away from us.

  • Num 10:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

    32And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

  • 2 Chr 20:12
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    12O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

  • Deut 3:23
    72%

    23And at that time I made request to the Lord, saying,

  • Jer 6:16
    71%

    16This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

  • Exod 8:27
    71%

    27But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders.

  • Deut 1:33
    71%

    33Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

  • Deut 5:27
    71%

    27Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

  • 2 Kgs 22:13
    70%

    13Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which is burning against us, because our fathers have not given ear to the words of this book, to do all the things which are recorded in it.

  • Exod 33:18
    70%

    18And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.

  • 2 Chr 6:40
    70%

    40Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

  • Deut 8:2
    70%

    2And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

  • Deut 1:22
    70%

    22And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

  • Prov 3:6
    70%

    6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

  • Ps 27:11
    70%

    11Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

  • Jer 37:3
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    3And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
    70%

    3And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

  • Ezra 8:23
    70%

    23So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

  • Neh 1:7
    70%

    7We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
    70%

    52Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

  • 2 Chr 34:21
    70%

    21Go and get directions from the Lord for me and for those who are still in Israel and for Judah, about the words of this book which has come to light; for great is the wrath of the Lord which has been let loose on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord or done what is recorded in this book.

  • Jer 44:17
    70%

    17But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.

  • Josh 22:23
    70%

    23That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

  • Job 37:19
    70%

    19Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.

  • Ps 44:18
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    18Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

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    15O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

  • Ezra 9:10
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    10And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

  • Judg 10:15
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    15And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

  • Jer 42:13
    70%

    13But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

  • Josh 24:17
    70%

    17For it is the Lord our God who has taken us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house, and who did all those great signs before our eyes, and kept us safe on all our journeys, and among all the peoples through whom we went:

  • Neh 9:32
    70%

    32And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.