Jeremiah 2:8
"The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit."
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- Habakkuk 2:18
"What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:31
"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 4:2
"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."
Read in chapter → - Romans 2:17
"Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 10:21
"For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered."
Read in chapter → - Hosea 4:6
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."
Read in chapter → - John 16:3
"And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me."
Read in chapter → - Luke 11:52
"Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 30:5
"They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 29:10
"For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered."
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