Cross references

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD:

“Have I been a wilderness to Israel

or a land of dense darkness?

Why do My people say,

‘We are free to roam;

we will come to You no more’?

Jeremiah 2:31 BSB

Jeremiah 2:31 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 32:15 (3 votes) and 2 Samuel 12:7–9 (3 votes). 36 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 4 to Revelation 3.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 2:31 point to?

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

  1. But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

  2. Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more. …

  3. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied, …

  4. When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

  5. and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”

  6. For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan. …

  7. Psalm 10:42 votes

    In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

  8. Psalm 12:42 votes

    They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

  9. Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

  10. I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

  11. This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves. They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  12. Hosea 13:62 votes
  13. Amos 1:12 votes
  14. Micah 6:92 votes

Which verses point to Jeremiah 2:31?

The 10 strongest of 36.