Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Cross References (38)

  • John 4:14 (35)

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of wa

  • John 7:37 (24)

    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him

  • Revelation 21:6 (22)

    And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely

  • Jeremiah 17:13 (21)

    O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for

  • Psalms 36:9 (20)

    For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

  • Revelation 22:1 (18)

    Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the La

  • Revelation 22:17 (13)

    The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the on

  • Isaiah 55:2 (12)

    Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and e

  • Jeremiah 4:22 (10)

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in

  • Psalms 81:11–13 (10)

    But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.

  • Jeremiah 2:11 (9)

    Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless

  • Jeremiah 2:17 (9)

    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

  • 2 Peter 2:17 (8)

    These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

  • Jeremiah 2:31–32 (8)

    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense dar

  • Ecclesiastes 2:26 (7)

    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of

  • Jeremiah 15:6 (7)

    You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will

  • Jeremiah 1:16 (7)

    I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned

  • Isaiah 44:9–20 (7)

    All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend,

  • Isaiah 46:6–7 (7)

    They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they

  • Psalms 115:4–8 (6)

    Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

  • Isaiah 63:8 (6)

    For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:2 (6)

    “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

  • Psalms 146:3–4 (6)

    Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:11 (6)

    Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything

  • Isaiah 5:13 (6)

    Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses

  • 1 Samuel 12:10 (6)

    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtor

  • Isaiah 1:3 (6)

    The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

  • Jeremiah 5:31 (5)

    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i

  • Ecclesiastes 4:4 (5)

    I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:21 (4)

    When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not

  • Ecclesiastes 1:14 (4)

    I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

  • Judges 10:13 (4)

    But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

  • Jeremiah 2:26 (4)

    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, thei

  • Micah 2:8 (3)

    But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men

  • Micah 6:3 (3)

    ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

  • Ecclesiastes 12:8 (3)

    “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

  • Jeremiah 18:14 (3)

    Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?

  • Jeremiah 5:26 (3)

    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.