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Jeremiah 9:3-6 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 9 · verses 3–6 · King James Version
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 9:3-6 · King James Version
Jeremiah 9:3-6 in context
1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
7Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Key words (Strong's)
- habitationyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- tongueslâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- valiantgâbarto be strongH1396 →
- proceedyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- utterlyʻâqabto seize by the heelH6117 →
- deceivehâthalto derideH2048 →
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