Verse 1

Run ye to and fro{H7751}{(H8786)} through the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and see{H7200}{(H8798)} now, and know{H3045}{(H8798)}, and seek{H1245}{(H8761)} in the broad places{H7339} thereof, if ye can find{H4672}{(H8799)} a man{H376}, if there be{H3426} any that executeth{H6213}{(H8802)} judgment{H4941}, that seeketh{H1245}{(H8764)} the truth{H530}; and I will pardon{H5545}{(H8799)} it.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} run to and fro{H7751}{(H8789)} throughout the whole earth{H776}, to shew himself strong{H2388}{(H8692)} in the behalf of them whose heart{H3824} is perfect{H8003} toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly{H5528}{(H8738)}: therefore from henceforth{H6258} thou shalt have{H3426} wars{H4421}.
  • Ezek 22:30 : 30 And I sought{H1245}{(H8762)} for a man{H376} among them, that should make up{H1443}{(H8802)} the hedge{H1447}, and stand{H5975}{(H8802)} in the gap{H6556} before{H6440} me for the land{H776}, that I should not destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} it: but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} none.
  • Gen 18:23-32 : 23 And Abraham{H85} drew near{H5066}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Wilt thou also destroy{H5595}{(H8799)} the righteous{H6662} with{H5973} the wicked{H7563}? 24 Peradventure there be{H3426} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city{H5892}: wilt thou also destroy{H5595}{(H8799)} and not spare{H5375}{(H8799)} the place{H4725} for{H4616} the fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} that are therein{H7130}? 25 That be far{H2486} from thee to do{H6213}{(H8800)} after this manner{H1697}, to slay{H4191}{(H8687)} the righteous{H6662} with the wicked{H7563}: and that the righteous{H6662} should be as the wicked{H7563}, that be far{H2486} from thee: Shall not the Judge{H8199}{(H8802)} of all the earth{H776} do{H6213}{(H8799)} right{H4941}? 26 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)}, If I find{H4672}{(H8799)} in Sodom{H5467} fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662} within{H8432} the city{H5892}, then I will spare{H5375}{(H8804)} all the place{H4725} for their sakes. 27 And Abraham{H85} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold now, I have taken upon me{H2974}{(H8689)} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} unto the Lord{H136}, which{H595} am but dust{H6083} and ashes{H665}: 28 Peradventure there shall lack{H2637}{(H8799)} five{H2568} of the fifty{H2572} righteous{H6662}: wilt thou destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} all the city{H5892} for lack of five{H2568}? And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, If I find{H4672}{(H8799)} there forty{H705} and five{H2568}, I will not destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} it. 29 And he spake{H1696}{(H8763)} unto him yet again{H3254}{(H8686)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Peradventure there shall be forty{H705} found{H4672}{(H8735)} there. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not do{H6213}{(H8799)} it for forty's{H705} sake. 30 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Oh{H4994} let not the Lord{H136} be angry{H2734}{(H8799)}, and I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)}: Peradventure there shall thirty{H7970} be found{H4672}{(H8735)} there. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not do{H6213}{(H8799)} it, if I find{H4672}{(H8799)} thirty{H7970} there. 31 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold now, I have taken upon me{H2974}{(H8689)} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} unto the Lord{H136}: Peradventure there shall be twenty{H6242} found{H4672}{(H8735)} there. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} it for twenty's{H6242} sake. 32 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Oh let not the Lord{H136} be angry{H2734}{(H8799)}, and I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} yet{H389} but this once{H6471}: Peradventure ten{H6235} shall be found{H4672}{(H8735)} there. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} it for ten's{H6235} sake.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None calleth{H7121}{(H8802)} for justice{H6664}, nor any pleadeth{H8199}{(H8737)} for truth{H530}: they trust{H982}{(H8800)} in vanity{H8414}, and speak{H1696}{(H8763)} lies{H7723}; they conceive{H2029}{(H8800)} mischief{H5999}, and bring forth{H3205}{(H8687)} iniquity{H205}.
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And judgment{H4941} is turned away{H5253}{(H8717)} backward{H268}, and justice{H6666} standeth{H5975}{(H8799)} afar off{H7350}: for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782}{(H8804)} in the street{H7339}, and equity{H5229} cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} enter{H935}{(H8800)}. 15 Yea, truth{H571} faileth{H5737}{(H8737)}; and he that departeth{H5493}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey{H7997}{(H8711)}: and the LORD{H3068} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} it, and it displeased{H3415}{(H8799)}{H5869} him that there was no judgment{H4941}.
  • Dan 12:4 : 4 But thou, O Daniel{H1840}, shut up{H5640}{(H8798)} the words{H1697}, and seal{H2856}{(H8798)} the book{H5612}, even to the time{H6256} of the end{H7093}: many{H7227} shall run to and fro{H7751}{(H8787)}, and knowledge{H1847} shall be increased{H7235}{(H8799)}.
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H5329}{(H8764)} upon Sheminith{H8067}, A Psalm{H4210} of David{H1732}. Help{H3467}{(H8685)}, LORD{H3068}; for the godly man{H2623} ceaseth{H1584}{(H8804)}; for the faithful{H539}{(H8803)} fail{H6461}{(H8804)} from among the children{H1121} of men{H120}.
  • Ps 14:3 : 3 They are all gone aside{H5493}{(H8804)}, they are all together{H3162} become filthy{H444}{(H8738)}: there is none that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} good{H2896}, no, not one{H259}.
  • Ps 53:2-4 : 2 God{H430} looked down{H8259}{H8689)} from heaven{H8064} upon the children{H1121} of men{H120}, to see{H7200}{H8800)} if there were{H3426} any that did understand{H7919}{H8688)}, that did seek{H1875}{H8802)} God{H430}. 3 Every one of them is gone back{H5472}{H8804)}: they are altogether{H3162} become filthy{H444}{H8738)}; there is none that doeth{H6213}{H8802)} good{H2896}, no, not one{H259}. 4 Have the workers{H6466}{H8802)} of iniquity{H205} no knowledge{H3045}{H8804)}? who eat up{H398}{H8802)} my people{H5971} as they eat{H398}{H8804)} bread{H3899}: they have not called{H7121}{H8804)} upon God{H430}.
  • Mic 7:1-2 : 1 Woe{H480} is me! for I am as when they have gathered{H625} the summer fruits{H7019}, as the grapegleanings{H5955} of the vintage{H1210}: there is no cluster{H811} to eat{H398}{(H8800)}: my soul{H5315} desired{H183}{(H8765)} the firstripe fruit{H1063}. 2 The good{H2623} man is perished{H6}{(H8804)} out of the earth{H776}: and there is none upright{H3477} among men{H120}: they all lie in wait{H693}{(H8799)} for blood{H1818}; they hunt{H6679}{(H8799)} every man{H376} his brother{H251} with a net{H2764}.
  • Zech 2:4 : 4 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Run{H7323}{(H8798)}, speak{H1696}{(H8761)} to this{H1975} young man{H5288}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Jerusalem{H3389} shall be inhabited{H3427}{(H8799)} as towns without walls{H6519} for the multitude{H7230} of men{H120} and cattle{H929} therein{H8432}:
  • Luke 14:21 : 21 So{G2532} that{G1565} servant{G1401} came{G3854}{(G5637)}, and shewed{G518}{(G5656)} his{G846} lord{G2962} these things{G5023}. Then{G5119} the master of the house{G3617} being angry{G3710}{(G5685)} said{G2036}{(G5627)} to his{G846} servant{G1401}, Go out{G1831}{(G5628)} quickly{G5030} into{G1519} the streets{G4113} and{G2532} lanes{G4505} of the city{G4172}, and{G2532} bring in{G1521}{(G5628)} hither{G5602} the poor{G4434}, and{G2532} the maimed{G376}, and{G2532} the halt{G5560}, and{G2532} the blind{G5185}.
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And{G2532} with{G1722} all{G3956} deceivableness{G539} of unrighteousness{G93} in{G1722} them that perish{G622}{(G5730)}; because{G473}{G3739} they received{G1209}{(G5662)} not{G3756} the love{G26} of the truth{G225}, that{G1519} they{G846} might be saved{G4982}{(G5683)}.
  • Prov 2:4-6 : 4 If thou seekest{H1245}{(H8762)} her as silver{H3701}, and searchest{H2664}{(H8799)} for her as for hid treasures{H4301}; 5 Then shalt thou understand{H995}{(H8799)} the fear{H3374} of the LORD{H3068}, and find{H4672}{(H8799)} the knowledge{H1847} of God{H430}. 6 For the LORD{H3068} giveth{H5414}{(H8799)} wisdom{H2451}: out of his mouth{H6310} cometh knowledge{H1847} and understanding{H8394}.
  • Prov 8:3 : 3 She crieth{H7442}{(H8799)} at{H3027} the gates{H8179}, at the entry{H6310} of the city{H7176}, at the coming{H3996} in at the doors{H6607}.
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Most{H7230} men{H120} will proclaim{H7121}{(H8799)} every one{H376} his own goodness{H2617}: but a faithful{H529} man{H376} who can find{H4672}{(H8799)}?
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy{H7069}{(H8798)} the truth{H571}, and sell{H4376}{(H8799)} it not; also wisdom{H2451}, and instruction{H4148}, and understanding{H998}.
  • Song 3:2 : 2 I will rise{H6965}{(H8799)} now, and go about{H5437}{(H8779)} the city{H5892} in the streets{H7784}, and in the broad ways{H7339} I will seek{H1245}{(H8762)} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth{H157}{(H8804)}: I sought{H1245}{(H8765)} him, but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} him not.
  • Joel 2:9 : 9 They shall run to and fro{H8264}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892}; they shall run{H7323}{(H8799)} upon the wall{H2346}, they shall climb up{H5927}{(H8799)} upon the houses{H1004}; they shall enter in{H935}{(H8799)} at the windows{H2474} like a thief{H1590}.
  • Amos 8:12 : 12 And they shall wander{H5128}{(H8804)} from sea{H3220} to sea{H3220}, and from the north{H6828} even to the east{H4217}, they shall run to and fro{H7751}{(H8787)} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, and shall not find{H4672}{(H8799)} it.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, I have been very{H7065}{(H8763)} jealous{H7065}{(H8765)} for the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635}: for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} thy covenant{H1285}, thrown down{H2040}{(H8804)} thine altars{H4196}, and slain{H2026}{(H8804)} thy prophets{H5030} with the sword{H2719}; and I, even I only, am left{H3498}{(H8735)}; and they seek{H1245}{(H8762)} my life{H5315}, to take it away{H3947}{(H8800)}.