Jeremiah 7:19
Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 2:19 echoes that evil and apostasy punish the people themselves—self-inflicted shame.
Jeremiah 2:17 makes the same point: Judah brought disaster on themselves by forsaking God.
Jeremiah 44:7 repeats the question of bringing disaster on yourselves — emphasizing that their actions harm themselves.
Jeremiah 25:7 echoes that provoking God brings harm to themselves — reinforcing the self-destructive nature of their rebellion.
In 1 Corinthians 10:22, Paul's rhetorical question about provoking the Lord echoes the same futility and self-harm logic.
Deuteronomy 32:16 describes the same provoking of God with strange gods and abominations.
Ezekiel 8:17 explicitly says Judah 'provoke me to anger'—same phrase and same idolatrous context.
In Isaiah 45:16, idol makers are put to shame — directly matching the self-inflicted shame of those who provoke God.
In Job 35:6, Elihu argues that sin does not harm God but the sinner — the exact same logic as the self-harm principle.
Deuteronomy 32:22 shows the fiery wrath kindled by such provoking—consequence of Judah's actions.
Ezekiel 8:18 follows with God's refusal to hear—showing the outcome of provoking him.
In Daniel 9:7, Daniel confesses that Israel is covered with shame due to unfaithfulness, similar to the shame from provoking God.
In Daniel 9:8, Daniel repeats the theme of being covered with shame for sin, reinforcing the consequence of provoking God.
Deuteronomy 32:21 also speaks of provoking God with idols, adding God's jealous response.
In 2 Kings 23:19, the high places that aroused the LORD’s anger are torn down — these are the very provocations that harm the people.
In Isaiah 65:7, God punishes sins committed on the mountains — showing that such provocations bring consequences, not harm to God.
In Isaiah 1:4, Israel is described as a sinful nation that has spurned God — the same rebellion that leads to self-shame.