Jeremiah 4:2

World English Bible (2000)

and you shall swear, 'As Yahweh lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 65:16 : 16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
  • Jer 9:24 : 24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
  • 1 Cor 1:31 : 31 that, according as it is written, "He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."
  • Gen 22:18 : 18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 You shall fear Yahweh your God; you shall serve him; and you shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
  • 2 Cor 10:17 : 17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
  • Jer 12:16 : 16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
  • Hos 2:19 : 19 I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
  • Zech 8:8 : 8 and I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness."
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 "Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness 2 (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Armies is his name):
  • Jer 5:2 : 2 Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."
  • 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
  • Ps 72:17 : 17 His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 65:16
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    16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

  • Jer 4:1
    75%

    1 "If you will return, Israel," says Yahweh, "if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you shall not be removed;

  • Jer 5:2
    74%

    2 Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."

  • Jer 12:16
    74%

    16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

  • Mal 3:12
    73%

    12 "All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.

  • Hos 4:15
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    15 "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend; and don't come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'

  • Jer 31:23
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    23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

  • Isa 45:23-25
    3 verses
    73%

    23 I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not return, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.

    24 They will say of me, 'There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.'" Even to him shall men come; and all those who were incensed against him shall be disappointed.

    25 In Yahweh shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

  • Deut 28:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

    9 Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.

  • Isa 48:1
    72%

    1 "Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness

  • Deut 6:18
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    18 You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,

  • Jer 30:4
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    4 These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

  • Zech 8:16
    71%

    16 These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

  • Jer 23:6-8
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    6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

    7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that they shall no more say, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

    8 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land.

  • 2 Chr 15:14
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    14 They swore to Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

  • Mic 7:20
    71%

    20 You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

  • Hos 4:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

    2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

  • Ps 7:8
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    8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9 has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Ps 33:12
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    12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Deut 16:20
    71%

    20 You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

  • Deut 26:19
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    19 and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.

  • Mal 1:5
    71%

    5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahweh is great--even beyond the border of Israel!"

  • Deut 4:8
    70%

    8 What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • Jer 4:3
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    3 For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.

  • Amos 5:4
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    4 For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

  • Deut 29:12
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    12 that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you this day;

  • Deut 28:1
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    1 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:

  • Ps 67:4
    70%

    4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah.

  • Deut 6:13
    70%

    13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.

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

  • Ps 128:5
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    5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

  • Deut 30:1
    70%

    1 It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,

  • Ps 96:13
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    13 before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

  • Deut 7:12
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    12 It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:

  • Jer 22:4
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    4 For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  • Num 14:21
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    21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;

  • Jer 11:6
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    6 Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.

  • Jer 33:9
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    9 [This city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

  • Jer 16:15
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    15 but, As Yahweh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them. I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers.

  • Jer 44:26
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    26 Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.

  • Isa 55:5
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    5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."

  • Jer 33:15
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    15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.