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Jer 22:17 — But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thine eyes		Jos 7:21; Job 31:7; Psa 119:36,37; Eze 19:6; Eze 33:31; Mar 7:21,22; Jam 1:14,15; 2Pe 2:14; 1Jo 2:15,16
covetousness		Exd 18:21; Psa 10:3; Luk 12:15-21; Luk 16:13,14; Rom 1:29; 1Cr 6:10; Eph 5:3-5; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:9,10; 2Pe 2:3,14
to shed		Jer 22:3; Jer 26:22-24; 1Ki 21:19; 2Ki 24:4; 2Ch 36:8; Eze 19:6; Zep 3:3
violence		or, incursion.

Correlating Passages

thine eyes

	Jos 7:21	When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
	Job 31:7	If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
	Psa 119:36	Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
	Psa 119:37	Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
	Eze 19:6	And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.
	Eze 33:31	And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness.
	Mar 7:21	For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
	Mar 7:22	Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
	Jam 1:14	But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
	Jam 1:15	Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
	2Pe 2:14	Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
	1Jo 2:15	Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
	1Jo 2:16	For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

covetousness

	Exd 18:21	Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
	Psa 10:3	For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
	Luk 12:15	And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
	Luk 12:16	And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
	Luk 12:17	And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
	Luk 12:18	And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
	Luk 12:19	And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.
	Luk 12:20	But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
	Luk 12:21	So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
	Luk 16:13	No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
	Luk 16:14	And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
	Rom 1:29	Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
	1Cr 6:10	Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
	Eph 5:3	But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
	Eph 5:4	Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
	Eph 5:5	For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
	Col 3:5	Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
	1Ti 6:9	But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
	1Ti 6:10	For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
	2Pe 2:3	And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
	2Pe 2:14	Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

to shed

	Jer 22:3	Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
	Jer 26:22	And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and [certain] men with him into Egypt.
	Jer 26:23	And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
	Jer 26:24	Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
	1Ki 21:19	And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
	2Ki 24:4	And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
	2Ch 36:8	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
	Eze 19:6	And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, [and] devoured men.
	Zep 3:3	Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 22:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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