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Jer 18:18 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Come		Jer 18:11; Jer 11:19; Psa 21:11; Isa 32:7; Mic 2:1-3
for the		Jer 13:13,14; Jer 14:14-16; Jer 29:25-29; Lev 10:11; 1Ki 22:24; Mal 2:7; Luk 11:45; Jhn 7:47-49; Jhn 9:40
counsel		2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 17:14; Job 5:13
Come, and let us smite		Jer 26:11; Psa 52:2; Psa 57:4; Psa 64:3; Pro 18:21
with		or, for
and let us not		Jer 5:12,13; Jer 43:2; Jer 44:17

Correlating Passages

Come

	Jer 18:11	Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
	Jer 11:19	But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
	Psa 21:11	For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
	Isa 32:7	The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
	Mic 2:1	Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
	Mic 2:2	And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
	Mic 2:3	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.

for the

	Jer 13:13	Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
	Jer 13:14	And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
	Jer 14:14	Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
	Jer 14:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
	Jer 14:16	And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
	Jer 29:25	Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that [are] at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
	Jer 29:26	The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man [that is] mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
	Jer 29:27	Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
	Jer 29:28	For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
	Jer 29:29	And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
	Lev 10:11	And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
	1Ki 22:24	But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
	Mal 2:7	For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he [is] the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
	Luk 11:45	Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
	Jhn 7:47	Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
	Jhn 7:48	Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
	Jhn 7:49	But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
	Jhn 9:40	And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

counsel

	2Sa 15:31	And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
	2Sa 17:14	And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
	Job 5:13	He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

Come, and let us smite

	Jer 26:11	Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man [is] worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
	Psa 52:2	Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
	Psa 57:4	My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
	Psa 64:3	Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
	Pro 18:21	Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

and let us not

	Jer 5:12	They have belied the LORD, and said, [It is] not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
	Jer 5:13	And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
	Jer 43:2	Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
	Jer 44:17	But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 18:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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