Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

Cross References (43)

  • Isaiah 1:17 (9)

    Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

  • Jeremiah 4:4 (6)

    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Othe

  • Proverbs 31:8–9 (6)

    Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

  • Isaiah 1:31 (5)

    The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flame

  • Jeremiah 22:2–3 (5)

    saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your peo

  • Zechariah 7:9–11 (5)

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

  • Jeremiah 17:4 (4)

    And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you

  • Nahum 1:6 (4)

    Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are s

  • Ezekiel 20:47–48 (4)

    Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a

  • Jeremiah 7:20 (4)

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beas

  • Zephaniah 3:5 (4)

    The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn,

  • Jeremiah 36:7 (4)

    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the an

  • Jeremiah 5:28 (4)

    They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat

  • Lamentations 2:3–4 (3)

    In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has bu

  • Luke 18:3–5 (3)

    And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

  • Jeremiah 22:15–17 (3)

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou

  • Lamentations 4:11 (3)

    The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed

  • Mark 9:43–48 (3)

    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go in

  • Luke 1:69 (3)

    He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

  • Ezekiel 22:31 (3)

    So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down

  • Psalms 101:8 (3)

    Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

  • Isaiah 7:2 (3)

    When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people tremb

  • Jeremiah 5:14 (3)

    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in yo

  • Romans 13:4 (3)

    For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is Go

  • Ezekiel 22:18–22 (3)

    “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace;

  • Jeremiah 23:19 (3)

    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.

  • Isaiah 7:13 (3)

    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of

  • Deuteronomy 32:22 (2)

    For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and

  • Leviticus 26:28 (2)

    then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  • Job 29:17 (2)

    I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:16–17 (2)

    Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.

  • Jeremiah 21:5 (2)

    And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

  • Jeremiah 23:5 (2)

    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wis

  • Psalms 72:1–4 (2)

    Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

  • Isaiah 16:3–5 (2)

    “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray

  • Ezekiel 24:8–14 (2)

    In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.

  • Zephaniah 1:18 (2)

    Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be

  • Psalms 72:12–14 (2)

    For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

  • Proverbs 24:11–12 (2)

    Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

  • Exodus 18:13 (2)

    The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.

  • 2 Samuel 8:15 (2)

    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

  • Isaiah 31:1–2 (2)

    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their mu

  • Psalms 82:2–4 (2)

    “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah