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.
For they
They know
General references
Bible References
They bend
Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue makes up wickedness. It is like a sharp razor, you master of deceit.
Psalm 64:3
Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.
Psalm 120:2
O Jehovah, rescue me from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.
Isaiah 59:3
Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers are desecrated with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Romans 3:13
Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their lips. (Psalm 5:9)
Valiant
Matthew 10:31
Do not fear! You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Mark 8:38
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Romans 1:16
I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who exerts active faith (believes), to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Philippians 1:28
Do not be frightened by opponents. This is evidence of destruction for them and salvation for you from God.
Jude 1:3
Beloved, I diligently wrote you about our common salvation. I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the holy ones.
Revelation 12:11
They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.
For they
Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear. Instead they stiffened their neck (became stubborn). They did more evil than their fathers.
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and impostors will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
They know
Jeremiah 4:22
My people are fools. They do not know me. They are stupid people. They do not understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they do not know how to do good.
Jeremiah 22:16
He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy. Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me? Says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each person teach his neighbors or his relatives by saying: 'Know Jehovah.' All of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me, declares Jehovah. I will forgive their wickedness and I will no longer hold (remember) their sins against them.
Judges 2:10
After those generations were gathered to their fathers (died) another generation followed them. This new generation did not know Jehovah or the works he had done for Israel.
1 Samuel 2:12
The sons of Eli were corrupt. They did not know Jehovah.
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of Jehovah, you children of Israel! For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land. There is no truth! There is no goodness. There is no knowledge of God in the land.
John 8:54
Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father glorifies me. He is the one whom you say is your God.
John 17:3
This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate knowledge of you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko: know, perceive, be sure, understand)
Romans 1:28
They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.
2 Corinthians 4:4
The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.
General references
Genesis 39:16
Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.
Judges 16:6
Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up?
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Habakkuk 1:3
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Acts 24:9
The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these things were true.