Jeremiah 9:3

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Cross References (27)

  • Jeremiah 4:22 (7)

    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in

  • Jeremiah 9:8 (7)

    Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his hea

  • Isaiah 59:13–15 (6)

    rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies

  • Judges 2:10 (6)

    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LOR

  • 1 Samuel 2:12 (5)

    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD

  • Romans 3:13 (5)

    “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

  • Psalms 52:2–4 (4)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • Matthew 10:31–33 (4)

    So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4–6 (4)

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Chr

  • Revelation 12:11 (4)

    They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives s

  • Romans 1:28 (4)

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to

  • 2 Timothy 3:13 (4)

    while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

  • Jeremiah 7:26 (4)

    Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their father

  • John 8:54–55 (4)

    Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘H

  • Isaiah 59:3–5 (4)

    For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutte

  • Philippians 1:28 (4)

    without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salva

  • Psalms 64:3–4 (4)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

  • Jude 1:3 (4)

    Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urg

  • Romans 1:16 (4)

    I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew,

  • John 17:3 (4)

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

  • Mark 8:38 (4)

    If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of

  • Micah 7:3–5 (4)

    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they

  • Psalms 120:2–4 (4)

    Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

  • Jeremiah 22:16 (4)

    He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declare

  • Jeremiah 9:5 (4)

    Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out com

  • Hosea 4:1–3 (4)

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no tr

  • Jeremiah 31:34 (3)

    No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from