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Jer 11:19 — But I [was] like a lamb [or] an ox [that] is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I was		Pro 7:22; Isa 53:7
and I		Jer 18:18; Jer 20:10; Psa 31:13; Psa 35:15; Psa 37:32,33; Isa 32:7; Mat 26:3,4
destroy		"""Let us kill the prophet, and burn his prophecies."" Psa 83:4; Isa 53:8; Dan 9:26; Luk 20:10-15"
from		Job 28:13; Psa 27:13; Psa 52:5; Psa 116:9; Psa 142:5
that his		Psa 109:13; Psa 112:6; Pro 10:7; Isa 38:11; Num 1:14

Correlating Passages

I was

	Pro 7:22	He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
	Isa 53:7	He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

and I

	Jer 18:18	Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
	Jer 20:10	For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
	Psa 31:13	For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
	Psa 35:15	But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
	Psa 37:32	The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
	Psa 37:33	The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
	Isa 32:7	The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
	Mat 26:3	Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
	Mat 26:4	And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].

destroy

	Psa 83:4	They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
	Isa 53:8	He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
	Dan 9:26	And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
	Luk 20:10	And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
	Luk 20:11	And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.
	Luk 20:12	And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
	Luk 20:13	Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him] when they see him.
	Luk 20:14	But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
	Luk 20:15	So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

from

	Job 28:13	Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
	Psa 27:13	[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
	Psa 52:5	God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
	Psa 116:9	I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
	Psa 142:5	I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.

that his

	Psa 109:13	Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
	Psa 112:6	Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
	Pro 10:7	The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
	Isa 38:11	I said, I shall not see the LORD, [even] the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
	Num 1:14	Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 11:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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