Jeremiah 9:8

The Scriptures 1998

“Their tongue is an arrow shot out. It speaks deceit – speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

Cross References

Psalm 28:3

Do not draw me away with the wrong And with the workers of wickedness, Who speak peace to their neighbours, But evil is in their hearts.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Psalm 120:3

What would one give to you, Or what would one do to you, O treacherous tongue?

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

2 Samuel 3:27

Thus Aḇ

Jeremiah 9:5

“And everyone deceives his neighbour, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, and have wearied themselves to crook.

Jeremiah 5:26

‘For among My people are found wrong men who lie in wait as one who sets snares. They have set up a trap, they catch men.

Psalm 64:8

And they cause one to stumble, Their own tongue is against them; All who see them flee away.

Psalm 35:20

For they do not speak peace, But they devise words of deceit Against the peaceable ones of the land.

Proverbs 25:18

A man bearing false witness against his neighbour Is like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone beware of his neighbour and not trust any brother. For every brother catches by the heel, and every neighbour walks with slanderers.

Micah 6:12

“For her rich men are filled with cruel unrighteousness, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.

Psalm 12:3

יהוה  does cut off all flattering lips, A tongue that speaks swelling words,

Psalm 62:5

My being, find rest in Elohim alone, Because my expectation is from Him.

Jeremiah 5:9

“Would I not punish them for this?” declares יהוה. “And would I not revenge Myself on such a nation as this?