Jeremiah 2:35

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:13 : 13 ¶ He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 ¶ Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Jer 2:29 : 29 ¶ Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 A noise shall come [even] to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them [that are] wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 33:8-9
    2 verses
    80%

    8 ¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],

    9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.

  • Jer 2:34
    79%

    34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

  • Job 35:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?

    3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

  • Job 10:2
    76%

    2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Job 9:28-29
    2 verses
    76%

    28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

    29 [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

  • Job 10:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

    7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  • Mic 7:9
    75%

    9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Job 11:4
    75%

    4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

  • Ps 51:4
    75%

    4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.

  • Job 16:17
    75%

    17 ¶ Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

  • Job 34:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

    6 Should I lie against my right? my wound [is] incurable without transgression.

  • Job 10:14
    74%

    14 ¶ If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

  • Job 19:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

    5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • Job 40:8
    73%

    8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • Job 34:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 ¶ Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:

    32 [That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • Job 6:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.

    29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness [is] in it.

  • Jer 2:29
    73%

    29 ¶ Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

  • Isa 43:26
    73%

    26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

  • Jer 12:1
    72%

    1 ¶ Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

  • 2 Sam 22:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.

    25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.

    19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • Jer 2:36
    72%

    36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

  • Prov 20:9
    72%

    9 ¶ Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

  • Ps 18:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

    24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

  • Ps 73:13
    72%

    13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  • Job 33:32
    72%

    32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

  • Ps 38:18
    72%

    18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

  • Job 19:28
    72%

    28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

  • Job 22:5
    72%

    5 ¶ [Is] not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?

  • Job 9:20
    72%

    20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

  • Job 33:27
    72%

    27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;

  • Job 35:6
    71%

    6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

  • Ps 26:11
    71%

    11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

  • Job 13:22
    71%

    22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • Job 23:7
    71%

    7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 4:7
    71%

    7 ¶ Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    71%

    12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.