Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Cross References (14)

  • Psalms 28:3 (10)

    Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice i

  • Proverbs 26:24–26 (6)

    A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

  • Psalms 120:3 (5)

    What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

  • Psalms 12:2 (4)

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

  • 2 Samuel 3:27 (4)

    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s

  • Psalms 64:3–4 (4)

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

  • Psalms 57:4 (4)

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues ar

  • Psalms 55:21 (4)

    His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

  • Jeremiah 9:3 (4)

    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do

  • 2 Samuel 20:9–10 (4)

    “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

  • Psalms 64:8 (3)

    They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

  • Matthew 26:48–49 (3)

    Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”

  • Jeremiah 9:5 (3)

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

  • Jeremiah 5:26 (3)

    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.