Jeremiah 9:8

World English Bible (2000)

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

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  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who 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 sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, 4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
  • Ps 120:3 : 3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?
  • Prov 26:24-26 : 24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart. 25 When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. So he struck him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and didn't strike him again; and he died. Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Ps 64:8 : 8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
  • Jer 9:5 : 5 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  • Matt 26:48-49 : 48 Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him." 49 Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 9:3-6
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    3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.

    4 Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

    5 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    79%

    3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

    4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 10:7
    78%

    7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 55:21
    76%

    21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

  • Ps 52:2
    76%

    2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 140:2-3
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    2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

    3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Rom 3:13-15
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    13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"

    14 "whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

    15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • Ps 59:7
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    7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

    2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Ps 64:7-8
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    7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.

    8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

  • Prov 1:18
    73%

    18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Jer 9:9
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    9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Ps 73:9
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    9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

  • Ps 59:12
    73%

    12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

  • Prov 26:24
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    24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright in the way.

    15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.

  • Jer 8:11
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    11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Jer 4:10
    72%

    10 Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You shall have peace;' whereas the sword reaches to the heart."

  • Jer 5:26
    72%

    26 For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

  • Ps 28:3
    72%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 120:3
    72%

    3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

  • Mic 3:5
    72%

    5 Thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, "Peace!" and whoever doesn't provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

  • Prov 6:14
    71%

    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4 They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Ps 21:11
    71%

    11 For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Zech 8:17
    71%

    17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

  • Hos 7:6
    71%

    6 For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.