Jeremiah 9:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

When Aviner was returned to Chevron, Yo'av took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of `Asa'el his brother.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Psalm 12:3

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

Psalm 120:3

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

Psalm 28:3

Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak shalom with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Psalm 35:20

For they don't speak shalom, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 62:5

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Psalm 64:8

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Jeremiah 5:9

Shall I not visit for these things? says the LORD; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 9:3

They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:4

Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Jeremiah 9:5

They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Micah 6:12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.