Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 8:6 reports no one repents or speaks aright, reinforcing the absence of justice.

Jeremiah 7:28 says truth has perished, directly matching the 'seeketh truth' command in the search.

Jeremiah 2:29 declares all have transgressed, confirming that no righteous person can be found.

Isaiah 59:4 Parallel

Isaiah 59:4 laments that no one calls for justice or pleads for truth — the very lack Jeremiah's search exposes.

Micah 7:2 Parallel

Micah 7:2 states no upright person remains — directly confirming why Jeremiah's search for one just man fails.

Ezekiel 22:30 says God sought a man to stand in the gap but found none—identical theme of searching for an intercessor and failing.

Isaiah 59:15 says truth fails and God sees no justice — reinforcing the hopeless search for a righteous man in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 59:14 describes truth fallen in the street and justice afar off — the same conditions that prompt the search in Jeremiah.

Genesis 18:23-32 shows Abraham bargaining for Sodom if even ten righteous are found—parallels Jeremiah's search for one to spare Jerusalem.

Proverbs 20:6 asks 'a faithful man who can find?'—directly echoing Jeremiah's quest for one who does justice and seeks truth.

In Psalm 53:2-4, God searches for any who seek Him and finds none — mirroring Jerusalem's search for one righteous person. Both show total depravity.

Psalm 14:3 Parallel

Psalm 14:1 declares 'there is none that doeth good'—directly parallel to Jeremiah's search for one who does justice and finds none.

Psalm 12:1 Parallel

Psalm 12:1 laments the godly man ceasing and the faithful failing—matching Jeremiah's fruitless search for a truthful man.

1 Kings 19:10 has Elijah lamenting he alone is left faithful—paralleling Jeremiah's inability to find even one righteous person in Jerusalem.

Psalm 106:23 recalls Moses standing in the breach to turn away wrath—the same intercessory role that Jeremiah’s search hopes to find.

Isaiah 59:16 shows God saw no man to intervene, echoing that no one does justice in Jeremiah's search.

Ezekiel 9:9 Parallel

Ezekiel 9:9 declares iniquity great and the city full of perverseness, matching the lack of any righteous found.

Genesis 18:26 parallels this search: Abraham asks if God will spare Sodom for fifty righteous—same logic of sparing a city for the sake of a few just people.

Genesis 18:32 has Abraham bargaining for ten righteous to spare Sodom — here God seeks just one to pardon Jerusalem, echoing the same principle.

Job 22:30 Parallel

Job 22:30 suggests a righteous person’s intercession can deliver even the guilty—echoing the idea that one just man could save Jerusalem.

Hosea 4:2 Parallel

Hosea 4:2 catalogs the same kind of covenant-breaking sins — swearing falsely, violence — that Jeremiah is told to look for in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 9:17 Parallel

Isaiah 9:17 describes a society where everyone is godless—mirrors the outcome of Jeremiah’s search when no righteous person is found.

Ezekiel 33:29 speaks of desolation due to abominations, a consequence of the failure to do justice.