Jeremiah 1

Treated in 18 passages across the library.

  • 1:6 I said, "Oh, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak; I am a mere youth." 7
  • 1:5 "I knew you before I shaped you in the womb; I set you apart before you came out of the womb; I have given you to the nations as a prophet." 6
  • 1:4 The word of the LORD came to me: 2
  • 1:7 But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a mere youth.' To all the people I send you to, you will go; every word I command you, you will speak. 2
  • 1:10 See, on this day I have set you over nations and over kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant." 2
  • 1:8 Have no fear of them, for I am with you to rescue you, declares the LORD." 1
  • 1:9 The LORD then stretched out his hand and laid it on my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "There: I have placed my words in your mouth. 1
  • 1:12 The LORD said to me, "You have seen rightly, for I am keeping watch over my word until I carry it out." 1
  • 1:17 As for you, tuck your robe into your belt, get up, and tell them everything I command you. Do not be shattered by them, or I will shatter you in front of them. 1
  • 1:18 And I, for my part, have made you today a walled city, a pillar of iron, and walls of bronze, set against the whole land: against Judah's kings and officials, its priests, and the people of the land. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Sanctification cites Jer. 1:4

    …of the same usage of the word is found in the case of Jeremiah as stated by himself in Jer. 1:4, 5, "Now the word of Jehovah came unto me saying, before I formed thee in the belly I…

  2. Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 19 — Made for a Purpose cites Jeremiah 1:5

    …before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” — Jeremiah 1:5 (BSB) “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Grown-ups love to ask that question.…

  3. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    Vision for the Future cites Jeremiah 1:5

    …and waste your potential. God's vision for your life was written before you were born (Jeremiah 1:5). He knows your talents, your passions, and your calling. Your task is to seek Him and to…

  4. Growing in Wisdom · Ochorus Originals

    Discovering Your Purpose cites Jeremiah 1:5

    "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I set you apart." — Jeremiah 1:5 You Were Made for a Reason Every student asks at some point: "Why am I here? What is my…

  5. The Key Teachings of Hudson Taylor · Ochorus Originals

    A Son for China cites JEREMIAH 1:5

    …in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. JEREMIAH 1:5 A praying father. James Hudson Taylor was born on the twenty-first of May, 1832, in…

  6. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    July cites Jer 1:5

    …APPOINTMENT “I formed thee... I knew thee... I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee.”— Jer 1:5 (R.V.). GOD HAS a plan for each of his children. From the foot of the Cross, where we are…

  7. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

    Thee Have I Chosen cites JEREMIAH 1:6

    Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. JEREMIAH 1:6 Nobody pushed Julia Foote into the pulpit. The most striking thing about her call to…

  8. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Discouragement cites Jeremiah 1:6

    …to the work: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth” (Jeremiah 1:6). But the Lord answered: “Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you…

  9. They Were Young – Book 4: Sent · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction: Too Young to Be Sent? cites Jeremiah 1:6–8

    …command you, you must speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you” (Jeremiah 1:6–8). Most of us have used Jeremiah’s excuse at some point. I’m too young. I don’t know…

  10. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of March cites Jer. 1:6

    …shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak" Jer. 1:6, 7 Jeremiah was young and felt a natural shrinking when sent upon a great errand by the…

  11. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Jer. 1:6

    …that others are fitter for it than they; as it was with Moses and Jeremiah (Exod. 3:11, Jer. 1:6), though they were such eminent saints, and of great knowledge. It is not natural to them…

  12. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites Jer. 1:6

    …(Isa. 6:5); and Jeremiah confesses that he knows not how to speak because he is a child (Jer. 1:6). Could anything proceed from the unclean lips of the one, and the childish lips of the…

  13. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 19 — Too Young? Not to God cites Jeremiah 1:7

    …For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.’” — Jeremiah 1:7 (BSB) “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Maybe you have an answer: an engineer, a…

  14. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Jer. 1:10

    …that the effect of his doctrine would be, “to root out, and pull down, and to destroy,” (Jer. 1:10). But the prophecy of Isaiah presses still more closely; for he is thus commissioned by…

  15. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    The Bible in the Barracks cites JEREMIAH 1:12

    …Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. JEREMIAH 1:12 She was candid, and rather funny, about the use she had made of the verse. She knew…

  16. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Faculty of Impromptu Speech cites Jer. i. 17

    …that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.” Jer. i. 17. Trust in the Holy Spirit's present help, and the fear of man which bringeth a snare will…

  17. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Jer. i. 18

    …be finally obstinate, to the utter desolation of the city and land, (Isa. vi. 9 – 11 Jer. i. 18, 19. vii. 27 – 29. Ezek. iii. 7. and xxiv. 13, 14.) The final obstinacy of those Jews who…

  18. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Call to the Ministry cites Jer. i. 4-10

    …out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build, and to plant.” Jer. i. 4-10. Varying in its outward form, but to the same purport, was the commission of Ezekiel; it…