Jeremiah 37:14
Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 40:4-6 shows Jeremiah later freed and vindicated by the Babylonians — a stark contrast to the false arrest here.
Psalm 27:12 prays against false witnesses who breathe violence — exactly what Jeremiah faced from Irijah.
Psalm 35:11 describes malicious witnesses asking about things unknown — the same false accusation Jeremiah denied.
Matthew 5:11 pronounces blessing on those falsely reviled for Christ — Jeremiah's false arrest is a clear example.
Matthew 5:12 says the prophets before you were persecuted — Jeremiah is one of those prophets falsely accused.
Luke 6:22 blesses those reviled for the Son of Man — Jeremiah's experience of false accusation fits this beatitude.
Luke 6:23 says their fathers did the same to the prophets — Jeremiah was such a prophet, falsely arrested.
Luke 6:26 warns when all speak well of you — that marks false prophets. Jeremiah is a true prophet falsely accused, showing the opposite experience.
1 Peter 3:16 describes being slandered despite good behavior — Jeremiah is falsely accused of desertion while innocent, matching this pattern.
Numbers 16:41 shows the congregation falsely accusing Moses — like Jeremiah, God's servant is wrongly charged with betrayal.
Habakkuk 1:4 describes the wicked surrounding the righteous and justice perverted — Jeremiah's false arrest exemplifies this.
1 Peter 4:14-16 addresses suffering for doing good, not as an evildoer — Jeremiah suffers as a faithful prophet, not for wrongdoing.