Jeremiah 9:3 Cross References
Jeremiah 9:3
3: "My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. And they only go from bad to worse! They care nothing for me," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:8
- For their tongues aim lies like poisoned arrows. They promise peace to their neighbors while planning to kill them.
Romans 3:13
- "Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their speech is filled with lies.The poison of a deadly snake drips from their lips."
Judges 2:10
- After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.
Jeremiah 4:22
- "My people are foolish and do not know me," says the LORD. "They are senseless children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no talent at all for doing right!"
Jeremiah 31:34
- And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, `You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me," says the LORD. "And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins."
Isaiah 59:13
- We know that we have rebelled against the LORD. We have turned our backs on God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.
- Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed.
- Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who tries to live a godly life is soon attacked. The LORD looked and was displeased to find that there was no justice.
1 Samuel 2:12
- Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
2 Timothy 3:13
- But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will go on deceiving others, and they themselves will be deceived.
Jude 1:3
- Dearly loved friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the truth of the Good News. God gave this unchanging truth once for all time to his holy people.
John 17:3
- And this is the way to have eternal life--to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
Jeremiah 7:26
- But my people have not listened to me or even tried to hear. They have been stubborn and sinful--even worse than their ancestors.
Matthew 10:31
- So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to him than a whole flock of sparrows.
- "If anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will openly acknowledge that person before my Father in heaven.
- But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before my Father in heaven.
Psalms 120:2
- Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.
- O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?
- You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.
Philippians 1:28
- Don't be intimidated by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself.
Psalms 64:3
- Sharp tongues are the swords they wield; bitter words are the arrows they aim.
- They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
Micah 7:3
- They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.
- Even the best of them is like a brier; the straightest is more crooked than a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here.
- Don't trust anyone--not your best friend or even your wife!
Psalms 52:2
- All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you're an expert at telling lies.
- You love evil more than good and lies more than truth.
- You love to say things that harm others, you liar!
Isaiah 59:3
- Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your mouth is full of lies, and your lips are tainted with corruption.
- No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
- They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
Jeremiah 22:16
- He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
Romans 1:16
- For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes--Jews first and also Gentiles.
Jeremiah 9:5
- They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning.
Mark 8:38
- If a person is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, I, the Son of Man, will be ashamed of that person when I return in the glory of my Father with the holy angels."
2 Corinthians 4:4
- Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
- We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us.
- For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hosea 4:1
- Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! The LORD has filed a lawsuit against you, saying: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.
- You curse and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one murder after another.
- That is why your land is not producing. It is filled with sadness, and all living things are becoming sick and dying. Even the animals, birds, and fish have begun to disappear.
Romans 1:28
- When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
Revelation 12:11
- And they have defeated him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of their testimony. And they were not afraid to die.
John 8:54
- Jesus answered, "If I am merely boasting about myself, it doesn't count. But it is my Father who says these glorious things about me. You say, 'He is our God,'
- but you do not even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true--I know him and obey him.