Cross references

Jeremiah 5:2

Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’

they are swearing falsely.”

Jeremiah 5:2 BSB

Jeremiah 5:2 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Titus 1:16 (5 votes) and Jeremiah 4:2 (4 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 19 to Titus 1.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 5:2 point to?

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

  1. Titus 1:165 votes

    They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  2. 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.”

  3. You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  4. “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—

  5. Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,

  6. Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land! Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

  7. Hosea 10:43 votes

    They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

  8. having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

  9. Hosea 4:152 votes

    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

  10. Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”

  11. “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Which verses point to Jeremiah 5:2?

The 10 strongest of 26.