Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.
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- Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!
- Jer 9:3 : 3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
- Ps 12:2 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
- Ps 55:21 : 21 His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.
- Ps 57:4 : 4 I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
- Ps 64:3-4 : 3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, 4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
- Ps 120:3 : 3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?
- Prov 26:24-26 : 24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. 25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him. 26 Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.
- Jer 5:26 : 26 “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
- 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel.
- 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 Joab said to Amasa,“How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. 10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.
- Ps 64:8 : 8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
- Jer 9:5 : 5 One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
- Matt 26:48-49 : 48 (Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”) 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said,“Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him.
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3 The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
4 Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
5 One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
6 They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
4 in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
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9 For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.
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20 For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.
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7 His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
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21 His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.
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2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
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2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict.
3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah)
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2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.
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18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
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2 for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.
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12 The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.
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2 For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.
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13 “Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,
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7 Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”
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2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.
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20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.
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7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
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18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
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9 I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!”
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9 They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.
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12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!
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24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
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12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
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14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
15 Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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11 They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say,“Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!
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19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
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10 In response to all this I said,“Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say,‘You will be safe!’ But in fact a sword is already at our throats.”
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26 “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
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3 Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!
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3 How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker?
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5 This is what the LORD has said about the prophets who mislead my people,“If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
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14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
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26 Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.
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4 They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses.(Selah)
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11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
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28 A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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9 As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
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17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.
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6 They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.
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4 One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.