Jeremiah 15:17
I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of thy power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness.
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Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, 1 And has not stood in the way of sinners, 1 And has not sat in the seat of evil men. 1
Psalms 102:7He made known his ways to Moses, 1 His will to the children of Israel. 1
Jeremiah 6:11And I allowed my wrath to come to the full, yet I kept it in, and did not utterly destroy them: I will pour it out on the children without, and on the assembly of young men together: for man and woman shall be taken together, the old man with him that is full of days.
Jeremiah 16:8Thou shalt not enter into the banquet house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Lamentations 3:28He will sit alone, and be silent, 1 Because he has borne it upon him. 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 15:16-21
The Prophet's Humble Appeal to God; God's Answer to Jeremiah's Address. ( b. c. 606.) 15 O Lord , thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou… Read the whole commentary →