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Jer 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, [and] seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that		Jer 17:10; Psa 7:9; Psa 11:5; Psa 17:3; Psa 26:2,3; Psa 139:23; Rev 2:23
let me		Jer 11:20; Jer 12:8; Jer 17:18; Jer 18:19-23; 2Ch 24:22; Psa 54:7; Psa 59:10; Psa 109:6-20; Rev 6:10; Rev 18:20; Rev 19:2,3
for		1Sa 1:15; Psa 62:8; Psa 86:4; Isa 37:14; Isa 38:14; 1Pe 2:23; 1Pe 4:19

Correlating Passages

that

	Jer 17:10	I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
	Psa 7:9	Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
	Psa 11:5	The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
	Psa 17:3	Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
	Psa 26:2	Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
	Psa 26:3	For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
	Psa 139:23	Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
	Rev 2:23	And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

let me

	Jer 11:20	But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
	Jer 12:8	Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
	Jer 17:18	Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
	Jer 18:19	Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
	Jer 18:20	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.
	Jer 18:21	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.
	Jer 18:22	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.
	Jer 18:23	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.
	2Ch 24:22	Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it].
	Psa 54:7	For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
	Psa 59:10	The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
	Psa 109:6	Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
	Psa 109:7	When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
	Psa 109:8	Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.
	Psa 109:9	Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
	Psa 109:10	Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
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	Rev 6:10	And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
	Rev 18:20	Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
	Rev 19:2	For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
	Rev 19:3	And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

for

	1Sa 1:15	And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
	Psa 62:8	Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
	Psa 86:4	Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
	Isa 37:14	And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
	Isa 38:14	Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
	1Pe 2:23	Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
	1Pe 4:19	Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 20:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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