Jeremiah 9:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And 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.

They bend

Romans 3:13

Valiant

For they

Jeremiah 7:26

2 Timothy 3:13

They know

General references

Acts 24:9

Bible References

They bend

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

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

"LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive."

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.

And speaking of evil, they practice it eagerly with both hands! Both leader and judge demand a bribe, the famous confess their perverted desires, and they scheme together.

Their throats are open graves. With their tongues they deceive. The venom of poisonous snakes is under their lips.

Valiant

So stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes with the holy angels in his Father's glory."

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who believes, of the Jew first and of the Greek as well.

and that you are not intimidated by your opponents in any way. This is evidence that they will be destroyed and that you will be saved and all because of God.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.

For they

But they didn't listen to me, and they didn't pay attention. They stiffened their necks, and they did more evil than their ancestors.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

They know

"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."

He judged the case of the poor and needy. And then it went well for him. Isn't this what it means to know me?

No longer will a person teach his neighbor or his relative: "Know the LORD.' Instead, they'll all know me, from the least to the greatest of them," declares the LORD. "Indeed, I'll forgive their iniquity, and I'll remember their sin no more."

After that whole generation had died, another generation grew up after them that was not acquainted with the LORD or with what he had done for Israel.

Now the sons of Eli were worthless men who did not know the LORD.

"Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.

Jesus answered, "If I were trying to glorify myself, my glory would mean nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, "He is our God.'

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.

Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

General references

She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.