Jeremiah 9:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush for him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him alone to the middle of the gate, so that he might speak to him, but with deceit. And there, he stabbed him in the groin, and he died, in revenge for the blood of Asahel, his brother.

Psalm 12:2

How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

Psalm 12:3

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

Psalm 120:3

May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you.

Psalm 28:3

The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.

Psalm 57:4

Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.

Psalm 62:5

So will I bless you in my life, and I will lift up my hands in your name.

Psalm 64:8

You stir up the depths of the sea, the noise of its waves. The nations will be troubled,

Proverbs 25:18

A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Jeremiah 5:26

For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.

Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not visit against these things, says the Lord? And shall my soul not take vengeance on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 9:3

And they have bent their tongue, like a bow, to send forth lies and not the truth. They have been strengthened upon the earth. And they have gone from one evil to another. But they have not known me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:4

Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.

Jeremiah 9:5

And a man will deride his brother, and they will not speak the truth. For they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they have labored to commit iniquity.

Micah 6:12

By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.