Jeremiah 2:24

Geneva Bible (1560)

And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all they that seeke her, will not wearie themselues, but wil finde her in her moneth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:6 : 6 And the wilde asses did stande in the hygh places, & drew in their winde like dragons their eyes did faile, because there was no grasse.
  • Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go, and returne to my place, til they acknowledge their fault, and seeke me: in their affliction they will seeke me diligently.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
  • Job 39:5-8 : 5 (39:8) Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse? 6 (39:9) It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings. 7 (39:10) He derideth the multitude of the citie: he heareth not the crie of the driuer. 8 (39:11) He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying to a tree, Thou art my father, and to a stone, Thou hast begotten me: for they haue turned their back vnto me, & not their face: but in ye time of their troble they wil say, Arise, & help vs.

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  • Job 39:4-6
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    4(39:7) Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.

    5(39:8) Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?

    6(39:9) It is I which haue made the wildernesse his house, and the salt places his dwellings.

  • Job 24:5
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    5Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.

  • Jer 2:25
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    25Keepe thou thy feete from barenes, and thy throte from thirst: but thou saidest desperately, No, for I haue loued strangers, and them will I followe.

  • Jer 2:23
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    23Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, & know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.

  • Ezek 23:19-21
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    72%

    19Yet she encreased her whoredome more, and called to remembrance ye dayes of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

    20For she doted vpon their seruants whose members are as the members of asses, and whose yssue is like the yssue of horses.

    21Thou calledst to remembrance the wickednes of thy youth, when thy teates were bruised by ye Egyptians: therefore ye paps of thy youth are thus.

  • Jer 14:5-6
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    5Yea, the hinde also calued in the fielde, & forsooke it, because there was no grasse.

    6And the wilde asses did stande in the hygh places, & drew in their winde like dragons their eyes did faile, because there was no grasse.

  • Job 39:1-2
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    71%

    1(39:4) Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?

    2(39:5) Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?

  • Job 11:12
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    12Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.

  • Hos 2:5-7
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    5For their mother hath plaied the harlot: she that conceiued them, hath done shamefully: for shee said, I will goe after my louers that giue me my bread and my water, my wooll and my flaxe, mine oyle and my drinke.

    6Therefore beholde, I will stoope thy way with thornes, and make an hedge, that shee shall not finde her pathes.

    7Though shee followe after her louers, yet shall shee not come at them: though shee seeke them, yet shall shee not finde them: then shall she say, I will goe and returne to my first husbande: for at that time was I better then nowe.

  • Job 6:5
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    5Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?

  • Job 39:18
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    18(39:21) When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

    22And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
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    24Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.

  • Hos 8:9
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    9For they are gone vp to Asshur: they are as a wilde asse alone by himselfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    19The way of an eagle in the aire, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, ye way of a ship in ye middes of the sea, and the way of a man with a maide.

    20Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.

  • Hos 2:14
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    14Therefore beholde, I will allure her, and bring her into the wildernesse, and speake friendly vnto her.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Ps 104:11
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    11They shall giue drinke to all the beasts of the fielde, and the wilde asses shall quench their thirst.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

  • Hos 2:10
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    10And now will I discouer her lewdnes in the sight of her louers, and no man shall deliuer her out of mine hand.

  • Ps 32:9
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    9Be ye not like an horse, or like a mule, which vnderstand not: whose mouthes thou doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come neere thee.

  • Jer 5:8
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    8They rose vp in the morning like fed horses: for euery man neyed after his neighbours wife.

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11(She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.

    12Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)

  • Job 39:15-16
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    15(39:18) And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.

    16(39:19) He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.

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    8If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
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    16But he was rebuked for his iniquitie: for the dumme beast speaking with mans voyce, forbade the foolishnesse of the Prophet.

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    16Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

  • Isa 30:6
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    6The burden of the beasts of the South, in a land of trouble and anguish, from whence shall come the yong and olde lyon, the viper and fierie flying serpent against them that shall beare their riches vpon the shoulders of the coltes, and their treasures vpon the bounches of the camels, to a people that cannot profite.

  • Prov 2:17
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    17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

  • Hos 2:3
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    3Lest I strippe her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was borne, and make her as a wildernes, and leaue her like a drie land, and slaie her for thirst.

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    12She doted vpon the Assyrians her neighbours, both captaines and princes clothed with diuers sutes, horsemen ryding vpon horses: they were all pleasant yong men.

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    22As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion.

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