Jeremiah 4:18
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 4:10, the prophet laments that God deceived the people with false peace — contrasting with 4:18 that their own deeds caused their doom.
In Jeremiah 2:17, the same cause-effect is stated: Israel's own forsaking of God brought their suffering, not arbitrary punishment.
Jeremiah 2:19 repeats the 'bitter' language and explicitly says evil and apostasy bring reproof and chastisement.
Jeremiah 5:19 confirms that forsaking God leads to serving foreigners in exile — the direct result of their deeds.
Jeremiah 6:19 calls the disaster 'the fruit of their devices' — echoing that their ways brought this upon them.
In Jeremiah 14:16, God says He will pour out on the people the evil they have done — reinforcing that their own deeds bring judgment.
In Jeremiah 44:3, God says their evil deeds provoked His anger — directly linking actions to the doom in 4:18.
Psalm 107:17 says fools suffer affliction because of their sinful ways — directly parallel to 'your ways have brought this upon you'.
Proverbs 1:31 says they 'eat the fruit of their way' — the same metaphor of reaping consequences from one's own actions.
Proverbs 5:22 says the wicked are ensnared by their own iniquities — similar theme of self-inflicted entrapment.
Zephaniah 1:17 describes distress on mankind because they sinned—echoing the bitter doom from one's own ways.
In Genesis 42:21, Joseph's brothers admit their distress is due to their sin against him — mirroring the cause-effect logic of 4:18.
Micah 1:5 directly ties transgression and sin to coming judgment—mirroring the causal link between deeds and doom.
Hosea 13:9 says destruction comes because Israel is against God—parallel to the self-inflicted doom described here.
Hosea 7:2 reiterates that their deeds surround them and God remembers all evil—same truth that actions bring consequences.
In Lamentations 5:16, the people lament 'woe to us, for we have sinned' — acknowledging sin caused their downfall.
In Job 4:8, Eliphaz says those who plow iniquity reap trouble — same metaphor of actions leading to consequences.
In 2 Chronicles 24:20, Zechariah says forsaking God leads to being forsaken — directly echoing judgment from one's own actions.
In 2 Chronicles 12:5, Shemaiah declares that abandoning God led to abandonment by God — same principle of reaping what you sow.