Jeremiah 16:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 24:17 : 17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.
  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, Neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; All who eat of it will be polluted; For their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Yahweh.
  • Deut 26:14 : 14 I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead: I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that you have commanded me.
  • Job 42:11 : 11 Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money,{Literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver} and everyone a ring of gold.
  • Prov 31:6-7 : 6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul: 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 16:2-6
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    82%

    2You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.

    3For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land:

    4They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

    5For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

    6Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;

  • Jer 16:8
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    8You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

  • Ezek 24:16-17
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    76%

    16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

    17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.

  • Jer 22:10
    76%

    10Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  • Jer 22:18
    73%

    18Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Job 27:15
    73%

    15Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

  • Hos 9:4
    72%

    4They won't pour out wine offerings to Yahweh, Neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; All who eat of it will be polluted; For their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Yahweh.

  • Deut 24:16
    72%

    16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Isa 51:18-19
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    71%

    18There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

    19These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

  • Joel 1:8-9
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    71%

    8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

    9The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.

  • Jer 14:16
    71%

    16The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.

  • Deut 14:1
    70%

    1You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Isa 24:9
    70%

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

  • Jer 13:14
    70%

    14I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

  • 1 Cor 7:30
    70%

    30and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess;

  • Eccl 7:2
    70%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

  • Job 2:13
    70%

    13So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • Isa 32:12
    70%

    12They shall strike on the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

  • Job 21:25
    70%

    25Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.

  • Isa 16:10
    70%

    10Gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: nobody shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.

  • Hos 7:14
    70%

    14They haven't cried to me with their heart, But they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.

  • Amos 6:6
    70%

    6Who drink wine in bowls, And anoint themselves with the best oils; But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

  • Gen 37:35
    69%

    35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead or the grave.} to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

  • Isa 26:14
    69%

    14[They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.

  • Job 30:24
    69%

    24"However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

  • Hos 9:12
    69%

    12Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!

  • Lev 21:11
    69%

    11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

  • Isa 24:7
    69%

    7The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry-hearted do sigh.

  • Isa 14:20
    69%

    20You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.

  • Ezek 44:25
    69%

    25They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Job 7:10
    69%

    10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Lam 2:12
    69%

    12They tell their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.

  • Ezek 24:22
    69%

    22You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

  • 2 Sam 12:17
    68%

    17The elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

  • Prov 31:6
    68%

    6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; And wine to the bitter in soul:

  • Isa 3:7
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    7In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.

  • Ps 78:64
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    64Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows couldn't weep.

  • Matt 5:4
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    4Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

  • Jer 7:16
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    16Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.

  • Jer 31:29
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    29In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

  • Jer 19:10
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    10Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,

  • Ps 115:17
    68%

    17The dead don't praise Yah, Neither any who go down into silence;

  • Job 14:22
    68%

    22But his flesh on him has pain; His soul within him mourns."