Jeremiah 6:7

As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 20:8 repeats the phrase 'violence and destruction' — the prophet himself cries out what the city harbors.

Jeremiah 30:15 reveals that the incurable pain and wounds are due to great guilt, explaining the sickness in 6:7 as divine judgment.

Jeremiah 32:31 shows God's long-standing anger against Jerusalem because of its persistent evil, matching the 'fresh evil' of 6:7.

Psalm 55:9-11 depicts a city filled with violence, oppression, and fraud — a vivid parallel to Jeremiah's description.

James 3:10-12 says a spring cannot yield both fresh and salt water — parallels the well that produces only evil.

Micah 7:3 Parallel

Micah 7:3 shows hands skilled at evil, bribery, and plotting — the active pursuit of wickedness.

Micah 7:2 Parallel

Micah 7:2 laments the disappearance of the godly and universal bloodshed — reinforcing the 'fresh wickedness'.

Micah 3:9-12 identifies corruption among leaders building Jerusalem with blood — the same systemic wickedness.

Micah 3:1-3 graphically portrays rulers tearing and eating the people — extreme violence matching the 'sickness and wounds'.

Micah 2:8-10 depicts stripping and driving out the vulnerable — violent injustice consistent with Jerusalem's wickedness.

Micah 2:2 Parallel

Micah 2:2 specifies coveting and seizing fields and houses — concrete acts of oppression behind the general violence.

Ezekiel 24:7 focuses on bloodshed left exposed, paralleling the 'violence and destruction' heard in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:3-12 details Jerusalem's bloodshed and oppression, echoing the violence and wickedness 'kept fresh' here.

Ezekiel 7:23 says the city is full of violence and bloody crimes — an identical assessment to Jeremiah's.

Ezekiel 7:11 personifies violence as a rod of wickedness — the same destructive force Jeremiah hears in the city.

Isaiah 57:20 compares the wicked to a restless sea churning mire — same water imagery for persistent evil.

Proverbs 4:23 urges guarding the heart as source of life — opposite of Jeremiah's well that keeps fresh evil.

Ezekiel 12:19 attributes Jerusalem's coming desolation to the violence of its inhabitants, directly linking to the violence in 6:7.

Ezekiel 8:17 directly mentions the land filled with violence and provoking God, a close parallel to the violence and destruction in 6:7.

Genesis 6:7 records God's decision to destroy a world filled with violence — a similar pattern of widespread evil leading to judgment.

Hosea 4:2 Parallel

Hosea 4:2 lists bloodshed and violence as part of Israel's sins, reinforcing the same pattern of evil described in 6:7.

Isaiah 59:6 Parallel

Isaiah 59:6 likewise describes deeds of violence filling the land, echoing the same indictment against God's people.

Micah 6:12 Parallel

Micah 6:12 condemns the rich for being full of violence, echoing the 'violence and destruction' heard in Jerusalem in 6:7.