Jeremiah 16:8

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Do not enter a house where feasting is taking place to sit with them, to eat and drink.

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  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I did not sit in the company of revelers nor did I rejoice. Because of Your hand, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
  • Eccl 7:2-4 : 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for when the face is sad, the heart may be improved. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
  • Isa 22:12-14 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth. 13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!' 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Amos 6:4-6 : 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall. 5 You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  • Matt 24:38 : 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
  • Luke 17:27-29 : 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
  • Ps 26:4 : 4 I do not sit with deceitful people, nor do I associate with hypocrites.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 16:5-7
    3 verses
    80%

    5 For this is what the LORD says: Do not enter a house of mourning. Do not go to lament or console them, for I have withdrawn My peace from this people, declares the LORD, as well as My lovingkindness and compassion.

    6 Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.

    7 No one will break bread for the bereaved to comfort them for the dead. Nor will anyone offer them a cup of consolation for their father or mother.

  • Jer 16:9
    78%

    9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to silence in this place—in your sight and in your days—the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride.

  • Prov 23:20
    74%

    20 Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

  • Isa 24:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 The joy of tambourines ceases, the noise of revelers stops, and the joyful sound of the harp is silenced.

    9 They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.

  • Luke 14:8
    73%

    8 'When you are invited to a wedding feast, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by the host.'

  • Zech 7:6
    72%

    6 And when you eat and when you drink, aren’t you eating and drinking for yourselves?

  • 1 Kgs 13:16-17
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    72%

    16 But the man of God replied, 'I cannot go back with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place.'

    17 'For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You must not eat bread or drink water there, nor return by the way you went.'

  • Jer 16:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2 You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place.

  • Eccl 7:2
    72%

    2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

  • Lev 10:9
    71%

    9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This is a permanent statute for all your generations.

  • Mic 6:15
    71%

    15 You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not use their oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.

  • Isa 22:13
    71%

    13 But behold, there is joy and gladness—killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine—saying, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!'

  • Jer 35:7
    70%

    7 'You must not build houses, sow seed, plant vineyards, or own any of these things, but instead, live in tents all your days so that you may live long in the land where you sojourn.'

  • Jer 25:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 Then say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, and vomit; fall and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.'

    28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink it!'

  • Deut 28:30
    70%

    30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Amos 6:7
    70%

    7 Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

  • Hos 9:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 They will no longer pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it will become defiled. Their food will only satisfy their own appetite; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

    5 What will you do on the day of your appointed festival, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

  • Eccl 9:7
    70%

    7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.

  • Isa 5:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

    12 They have harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes, and wine at their banquets, but they pay no attention to the deeds of the Lord or consider the work of His hands.

  • Eccl 8:15
    70%

    15 So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

  • 1 Kgs 13:22
    69%

    22 'but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to eat or drink, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.'

  • Deut 8:12
    69%

    12 Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them,

  • 1 Kgs 13:8
    69%

    8 But the man of God replied to the king, 'Even if you were to give me half your house, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.'

  • Hab 2:15
    69%

    15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Exod 34:15
    69%

    15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

  • Ezek 44:21
    69%

    21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.

  • 1 Cor 10:7
    69%

    7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, 'The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'

  • Deut 12:25
    69%

    25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Hos 9:2
    69%

    2 The threshing floor and the winepress will not provide for them, and the new wine will fail them.

  • Jer 25:10
    69%

    10 I will banish from them the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

  • Exod 12:46
    69%

    46 It must be eaten in a single house; you are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break any of its bones.

  • Deut 16:14
    69%

    14 Be joyful at your festival—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns.

  • Ezek 24:17
    69%

    17 Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your mustache, and do not eat the bread of mourning.

  • Isa 28:8
    69%

    8 All the tables are full of vomit and filth; there is no clean place left.

  • Mic 2:10
    69%

    10 Get up and leave, for this is not your resting place! Because it is defiled, it brings destruction—a grievous destruction.

  • Luke 10:7
    69%

    7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

  • Eccl 10:17
    69%

    17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Isa 16:10
    69%

    10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the fertile fields. In the vineyards, no songs are sung, no cheers are heard. No one treads out wine in the presses—the cheerful shouting has stopped.

  • Ezek 24:22
    69%

    22 You shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat the bread of mourning.

  • Rom 14:21
    69%

    21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother or sister to stumble, to be offended, or to be weakened.

  • Amos 5:5
    68%

    5 Do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will become nothing but trouble.

  • Ezek 16:16
    68%

    16 You took your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them, you committed prostitution. Such things should not have happened, nor should they occur.