Jeremiah 9:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words: 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart. 26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [rib], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

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    3And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:

    4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

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    21[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

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    18¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Rom 3:13-15
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    13Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

    14Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:

    15Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:

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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20¶ Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7¶ But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

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    73%

    18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Jer 9:9
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    9Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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

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    24¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Jer 4:10
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    10Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

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    3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

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    5Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

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    14Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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    26[Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.

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    4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

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    9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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    17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the LORD.

  • Hos 7:6
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    6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.