Cross references
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat and sleek,
and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked.
They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless,
that they might prosper;
nor have they defended
the rights of the needy.
Jeremiah 5:28 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 1:23 (6 votes) and Deuteronomy 32:15 (5 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 20 other books, from Exodus 23 to James 5.
Which verses does Jeremiah 5:28 point to?
The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 1:236 votes
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Deuteronomy 32:155 votes
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.
- Psalm 73:124 votes
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- Jeremiah 7:64 votes
if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
- Zechariah 7:104 votes
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Job 12:62 votes
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- Job 15:27–282 votes
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
- Job 21:23–242 votes
One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease. His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
- Job 29:12–142 votes
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. …
- Psalm 72:42 votes
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalm 73:6–72 votes
- Psalm 82:2–42 votes
- Psalm 119:702 votes
- Jeremiah 2:332 votes
- Jeremiah 12:12 votes
- Jeremiah 22:15–192 votes
- Ezekiel 5:6–72 votes
- Ezekiel 16:47–522 votes
- Amos 4:12 votes
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:12 votes
Which verses point to Jeremiah 5:28?
The 10 strongest of 49.