Jeremiah 42:2 records the initial request for prayer, providing the very words that Jeremiah later exposes as deceitful.

Jeremiah 42:1 records the remnant's request for prayer — the very event verse 20 calls deceitful, showing their initial promise.

Jeremiah 37:3 shows King Zedekiah asking Jeremiah to pray — a similar request for intercession that later met with disobedience, mirroring the remnant's hypocrisy.

Jeremiah 38:14 has Zedekiah seeking Jeremiah's counsel but then refusing to follow it — a direct parallel to the remnant's deceitful request for prayer.

Jeremiah 44:7 rebukes the same people for bringing evil on themselves by going to Egypt — their deceit led to this self-destruction.

Jeremiah 3:10 describes Judah's pretense of returning to God — the same insincerity the remnant shows here by asking for guidance deceitfully.

Jeremiah 17:10 says God searches the heart — revealing that He knows the deceitful hearts of the remnant in this verse.

In James 1:22, believers are warned against being hearers only who deceive themselves—directly matching the remnant's deceitful hearing without doing.

In Matthew 22:15-18, the Pharisees similarly use deceitful questions to trap Jesus, mirroring the remnant's insincere request for God's guidance.

Ezekiel 33:31 describes people hearing the prophet's words but not obeying — the exact same pattern of lip-service and hidden greed seen here.

Ezekiel 14:4 continues the theme: God answers such hypocritical inquirers according to their idols — echoing the deceitful hearts here.

Ezekiel 14:3 describes elders with idols in their hearts inquiring of God — directly parallel to the remnant's deceitful inquiry here.

Isaiah 59:13 confesses lying words and denying the Lord — the remnant's deceitful words to Jeremiah match this pattern.

Isaiah 58:2 describes people who delight to know God's ways yet ignore His commands — exactly the remnant's pattern of asking then disobeying.

Isaiah 57:11 rebukes lying and forgetting God out of fear — a direct parallel to the remnant's deceitful, fear-driven disobedience.

In Ezekiel 33:30, people also come to hear God's word but do not obey — mirroring the deceitful intentions here.

Isaiah 29:13 exposes the same lip-service hypocrisy — people honor God with words while hearts are distant, mirroring the remnant's deceitful promise to obey.

In 2 Samuel 15:8, Absalom uses a religious vow as a pretext for rebellion, mirroring the remnant's deceitful pretext of seeking God's will.

In Exodus 8:29, Moses warns Pharaoh not to deal deceitfully after asking for prayer—a clear parallel of insincere requests for intercession.

Isaiah 30:2 condemns going to Egypt without seeking God — the remnant sought His will but then planned the same rebellion, showing deeper deceit.

In Matthew 22:17, the Pharisees ask a question with deceitful intent — like the people asking Jeremiah while planning to disobey.

Mark 12:14 records the same deceitful question as Matthew 22:17 — another example of feigning inquiry while opposing God's messenger.

Hosea 7:13 describes Israel speaking lies against God, similar to the dissembling hearts here — both involve deceit and rebellion.

In Matthew 22:35, a lawyer tests Jesus with a question, paralleling the insincere testing of God's will by the remnant.

In Galatians 6:7, Paul warns that God is not mocked and we reap what we sow—echoing the judgment on those who deceive themselves by pretending obedience.