Jeremiah 7:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Trust{H982} ye not in lying{H8267} words,{H1697} saying,{H559} The temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} the temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} the temple{H1964} of Jehovah,{H3068} are these.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Trust{H982}{(H8799)} ye not in lying{H8267} words{H1697}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, The temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068}, are these.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Trust not in false lyenge wordes, sayenge: here is the temple of the LORDE, here is the temple of the LORDE, here is the temple of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Trust not in lying woordes, saying, The Temple of the Lorde, the Temple of the Lorde: this is the Temple of the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Trust not in false lying words, saying: Here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lorde:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Do not trust for yourselves Unto the words of falsehood, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah `are' they!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Don't trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,“We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!”

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
  • Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day you shall not be ashamed for all your deeds, wherein you have transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of you those that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
  • Matt 3:9-9 : 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 10 And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
  • Luke 3:8 : 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
  • 1 Sam 4:3-4 : 3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  • Jer 6:14 : 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
  • Jer 7:8-9 : 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? 11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD. 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  • Jer 28:15 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
  • Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
  • Jer 29:31 : 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?

Similar Verses (AI)

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    84%

    8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit.

    9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;

    10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

    11 Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, says the LORD.

    12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.

    13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;

    14 Therefore I will do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Jer 7:2-3
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    77%

    2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim this word there, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter these gates to worship the LORD.

    3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

  • Isa 36:7
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    7 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

  • Ezek 13:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

    7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, when you say, 'The LORD says it,' although I have not spoken?

  • Hag 1:7
    73%

    7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Jer 27:16
    73%

    16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD; Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

  • Zech 7:4
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    4 Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • Jer 28:15
    73%

    15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.

  • Jer 9:6
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    6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.

  • Hag 1:5
    72%

    5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Jer 5:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.

    11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.

    12 They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

  • Jer 22:5
    72%

    5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

  • 2 Kgs 18:22
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    22 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • Jer 5:2
    72%

    2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.

  • Mic 3:11
    72%

    11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.

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    4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

  • Ps 40:4
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    4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

  • Isa 48:1
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    1 Listen to this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and mention the God of Israel, but not in truth or in righteousness.

  • Jer 4:10
    71%

    10 Then I said: Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul.

  • 2 Chr 7:20-21
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    71%

    20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations.

    21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?

  • Jer 23:16
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    16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

  • Zech 4:8
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    8 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Isa 26:4
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    4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

  • Jer 37:9
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    9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.'

  • Ps 101:7
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    7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he who tells lies shall not remain in my presence.

  • Isa 37:10
    71%

    10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

  • Zech 8:18
    71%

    18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • 1 Cor 3:17
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    17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • Zech 5:4
    71%

    4 I will bring it forth, says the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with its timber and its stones.

  • Jer 17:5
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    5 Thus says the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 7:28
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    28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words are true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant:

  • Jer 7:30
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    30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, says the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.

  • Ps 31:6
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    6 I have hated those that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

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    7 The Lord has cast off His altar, He has abhorred His sanctuary, He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

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    4 Thus you shall say to him, The LORD says this; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, even this whole land.

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    4 And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.

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    9 Thus says the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.