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Jer 16:7 — Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

tear themselves		or, break bread. Deu 26:14; Job 42:11; Eze 24:17; Hsa 9:4
cup		Pro 31:6,7

Correlating Passages

tear themselves

	Deu 26:14	I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
	Job 42:11	Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
	Eze 24:17	Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men.
	Hsa 9:4	They shall not offer wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

cup

	Pro 31:6	Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
	Pro 31:7	Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 16:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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