Jeremiah 2:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And thy wantonnesse is lyke a wylde Asse that vseth the wildernesse, and that snuffeth and bloweth at her wyll: who can tame her? All they that seeke her, shall not fayle but fynde her in her moneth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:6 : 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places, and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons, their eyes did fayle for want of grasse.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I wyll go and returne to my place, tyll they knowledge that they haue sinned and seeke me. In their aduersitie they shall early seeke me.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.
  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 Who letteth the wylde asse to go free? or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule? 6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling. 7 They force not for the multitude of people in the citie, neither regarde the crying of the driuer: 8 But seeke their pasture about the mountaines, and folowe the greene grasse.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 For they say to a stocke, Thou art my father, & to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: yea they haue turned their backe vpon me, and not their face: but in the tyme of their trouble, when they say, stande vp and helpe vs:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 39:4-6
    3 verses
    77%

    4Yet their young ones grow vp, and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne: They go foorth, and returne not againe vnto them.

    5Who letteth the wylde asse to go free? or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule?

    6Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house, and the vntilled land to be their dwelling.

  • Job 24:5
    73%

    5Beholde, as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke, & ryse betimes to spoyle: Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them & their children.

  • Jer 2:25
    73%

    25Kepe thy foote from nakednesse, and thy throte from thirst, and thou thinkest in thy selfe: tushe, I wil take no sorowe, for I haue loued the straungers, and them wyll I folowe.

  • Jer 2:23
    72%

    23Howe sayest thou nowe, I am not vncleane, and I haue not folowed Baalim? Loke vpon thine owne wayes in the valleys what thou hast done? Thou art like a swift dromedarie that goeth easyly her way.

  • Ezek 23:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Neuerthelesse, she encreased her whordome more, and remembred the dayes of her youth wherin she had played the harlot in the lande of Egypt.

    20She burnt in lust vpon their concubines, whose fleshe was like the fleshe of asses, and their issue like the issue of horses.

    21Thus thou hast called to remebraunce the filthinesse of thy youth, when thy teates were bruised by the Egyptians, for the pappes of thy youth.

  • Jer 14:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde, because there was no grasse.

    6The wylde asses did stande in the hye places, and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons, their eyes did fayle for want of grasse.

  • Job 39:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Knowest thou the time whe the wylde goates bring foorth their young among the stonye rockes? or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to calue?

    2Canst thou number the monethes that they go with young? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?

  • Job 11:12
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    12Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.

  • Hos 2:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5Their mother hath played the harlot, and she that bare them is come to confusion: for she sayde, I wyll go after my louers, that geue me my bread and my water, my wooll and flaxe, my oyle and my drinke.

    6Therefore beholde, I wyll stop thy way with thornes, and make a hedge, that she shall not finde her pathes.

    7And though she runne after her louers, yet shall she not ouertake them: she shall seeke them, but not finde them. Then shall she say, I wyll go and returne to my first husbande: for at that tyme it was better with me then nowe.

  • Job 6:5
    69%

    5Doth the wild asse rore when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder inough

  • Job 39:18
    69%

    18When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie, she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.

    22Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished,

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    69%

    24Then she sadled an asse, and saide to her seruaunt: Dryue and go forwarde, staye not for me to get vp, except I hyd thee.

  • Hos 8:9
    68%

    9For they haue gone vp to Assyria and are as a wilde asse solitarie by him selfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    68%

    19The way of an Egle in the ayre, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, the way of a ship in the middest of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman:

    20Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.

  • Hos 2:14
    68%

    14Wherefore beholde, I wyll allure her and bryng her into the wildernesse, and speake frendly vnto her.

  • Prov 5:19-20
    2 verses
    68%

    19Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue.

    20Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

  • Ps 104:11
    68%

    11All beastes of the fielde drinke therof: and the wylde asses quench their thirst.

  • Prov 27:16
    67%

    16He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande.

  • Hos 2:10
    67%

    10And nowe wyll I discouer her shame euen in the sight of her louers, and no man shall deliuer her out of my handes.

  • Ps 32:9
    67%

    9Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.

  • Jer 5:8
    66%

    8In the desire of vncleanly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse, euery man neyeth at his neighbours wife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    66%

    11She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house:

    12Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.

  • Job 39:15-16
    2 verses
    66%

    15She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete, or broken with some wilde beaste.

    16So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vaine without any feare.

  • Song 1:8
    66%

    8If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe, and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    66%

    16But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete.

  • Prov 9:16
    66%

    16Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

  • Isa 30:6
    66%

    6The burthen of the beastes of the south. In a land of trouble & anguishe, from whence shall come the young and olde lion, the viper and firie serpent that fleeth against them that vpon coltes beare their riches, and vpon camels their treasures, to a people that can do them no good.

  • Prov 2:17
    66%

    17Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God.

  • Hos 2:3
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    3Lest I strip her naked, and set her euen as she came into the worlde, and make her as a wyldernesse, and as a drye lande, and slay her for thyrste.

  • Ezek 23:12
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    12She doted vpo the Assyrians captaines & princes her neighbours, clothed with all maner of gorgious apparel, horsmen riding vpon horses, beyng all pleasaunt young men.

  • Isa 34:16
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    16Seke through the booke of the Lorde and reade it: there shall none of these thynges be left out, there shall not one nor such lyke fayle: for his mouth commaundeth, and that same doth his spirite gather together, or fulfyll.

  • Prov 11:22
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    22A faire woman without discrete maners, is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute.

  • Isa 32:20
    65%

    20O howe happy shall ye be when ye shall safely sowe your seede beside all waters, and dryue thyther the feete of your oxen and asses.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,

  • Jer 3:2
    65%

    2Lift vp thine eyes to the hygh places, and loke where thou hast not ben defiled: Thou hast wayted for them in the streetes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse, through thy whoredome and shamefull blasphemies is the lande defiled.

  • Eccl 7:26
    65%

    26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.