Jeremiah 3:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?

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  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land [that was] not sown.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
  • Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
  • Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 2:17 : 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
  • Hos 14:1-3 : 1 ¶ O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 ¶ BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
  • Prov 1:4 : 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
  • Ps 48:14 : 14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
  • Ps 71:5 : 5 For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
  • Jer 31:18-20 : 18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 3:19-20
    2 verses
    80%

    19But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

    20¶ Surely [as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.

  • 3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

  • Deut 32:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

    7¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

  • 18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

  • 5Will he reserve [his anger] for ever? will he keep [it] to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

  • 21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

  • 26He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

  • 1¶ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  • 3For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

  • 26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

  • Isa 63:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where [is] thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

    16Doubtless thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, [art] our father, our redeemer; thy name [is] from everlasting.

  • 27Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

  • 12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].

  • 27Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.

  • Jer 31:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.

    19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  • 9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.

  • 43Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these [things]; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon [thine] head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.

  • 5For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.

  • 31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • 9¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

  • 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

  • 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

  • 28And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in [so] doing.

  • 16As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

  • 3For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

  • 14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  • 11[Are] the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

  • 2¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  • 8[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

  • 5Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • 5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 16¶ For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

  • 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  • 18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail?

  • 17Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

  • 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • 8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time [that] thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  • 18Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.

  • 4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

  • 24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.

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