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I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.(Jeremiah 18:17)
Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.(Jeremiah 18:18)
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.(Jeremiah 18:19)
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.(Jeremiah 18:21)
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.(Jeremiah 18:22)
Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.(Jeremiah 18:23)

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Jeremiah 18:20 - Cross Reference

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. (Jeremiah 18:22)
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. (Jeremiah 11:14)
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. (Jeremiah 7:16)
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. (Ezekiel 22:30)
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. (Psalm 35:12)
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. (Psalm 106:23)
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. (Psalm 35:7)
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. (Psalm 7:15)
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. (Proverbs 26:27)
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. (Genesis 18:22)
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. (Jeremiah 14:20)
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. (Ecclesiastes 10:8)
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. (Psalm 38:20)
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. (1 Samuel 24:17)
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? (John 10:32)
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (Zechariah 3:1)
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. (Job 6:27)
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. (Jeremiah 14:7)
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. (Psalm 57:6)
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. (Proverbs 17:13)
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. (Psalm 109:4)
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. (Psalm 119:95)