Jeremiah 9:8

The Scriptures 2009

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:27

Thus Aḇnĕr returned to Ḥeḇron, and Yo’aḇ took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there struck him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asah’ĕl his brother.

Psalm 12:2

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

Psalm 12:3

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

Psalm 120:3

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

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.

Psalm 35:20

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

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 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 62:5

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

Psalm 64:8

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

Proverbs 25:18

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

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.

Jeremiah 5:9

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

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.

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.

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.

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.