Cross references

Jeremiah 12:16

And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.

Jeremiah 12:16 BSB

Jeremiah 12:16 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 4:2 (10 votes) and Joshua 23:7 (6 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 24 to 1 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 12:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Jeremiah 4:210 votes

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

  2. So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

  3. those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,

  4. You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name. He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.

  5. At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

  6. “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

  7. but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

  8. For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke. By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother. …

  9. By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.

  10. He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Which verses point to Jeremiah 12:16?

The 10 strongest of 17.