Jeremiah 9:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, & their tongue a sharpe sworde.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes. 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite. 25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart. 26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab tooke him aside in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fift ryb, that he dyed, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him. 10 But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now he that betraied him, had giuen them a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shall kisse, that is he, laie holde on him. 49 And forthwith he came to Iesus, and sayd, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 9:3-6
    4 verses
    83%

    3And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.

    4Let euery one take heede of his neighbour, and trust you not in any brother: for euery brother will vse deceite, and euery friend will deale deceitfully,

    5And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

    6Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.

  • Ps 64:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.

    4To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.

  • Ps 5:9
    79%

    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:20
    78%

    20For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande.

  • Ps 10:7
    78%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Ps 55:21
    76%

    21The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

  • Ps 52:2
    76%

    2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

  • Ps 140:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Which imagine euill things in their heart, and make warre continually.

    3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 12:2
    75%

    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • Prov 25:18
    75%

    18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Prov 24:2
    75%

    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Mic 6:12
    75%

    12For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, & the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

  • Ps 11:2
    75%

    2For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

  • Rom 3:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

    15Their feete are swift to shead blood.

  • Ps 59:7
    74%

    7Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 12:20
    74%

    20Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye.

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.

    8They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall flee away.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.

  • Jer 9:9
    73%

    9Shal I not visit them for these things, saith the Lorde? Or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 73:9
    73%

    9They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
    73%

    12For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

  • Prov 26:24
    72%

    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

    15But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

  • Jer 8:11
    72%

    11For they haue healed the hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete woordes, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • Jer 4:10
    72%

    10Then saide I, Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast deceiued this people and Ierusalem, saying, Ye shall haue peace, and the sworde perceth vnto the heart.

  • Jer 5:26
    72%

    26For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

  • Ps 120:3
    72%

    3What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5Thus saith the Lorde, Concerning the prophets that deceiue my people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry peace, but if a man put not into their mouthes, they prepare warre against him,

  • Prov 6:14
    71%

    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 26:26
    71%

    26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

  • Ps 62:4
    71%

    4Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.

  • Prov 26:28
    71%

    28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • Ps 140:9
    71%

    9As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17And let none of you imagine euill in your hearts against his neighbour, and loue no false othe: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lorde.

  • Hos 7:6
    71%

    6For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen whiles they lie in waite: their baker sleepeth all the night: in the morning it burneth as a flame of fire.

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.