3 Bible Verses about Arrows To Describe False Testimony

Most Relevant Verses

Proverbs 25:18

A man giving false testimony against his neighbor
is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 26:18-19

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,
so is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I was only joking!”

Jeremiah 9:3-8

They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration. Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
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You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration. Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them,
for what else can I do
because of My dear people?
Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

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