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They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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Psalm 78:57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.
they became warped like a faulty bow.
The rage
Hosea 7:13 Woe to them, for they fled from Me;
destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!
Though I want to redeem them,
they speak lies against Me.
destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!
Though I want to redeem them,
they speak lies against Me.
Psalm 12:4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
Psalm 52:2 Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
Psalm 57:4 I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 73:9 They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.
and their tongues strut across the earth.
Isaiah 3:8 For Jerusalem has stumbled
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,
defying His glorious presence.
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,
defying His glorious presence.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”
Matthew 12:36 I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.
James 3:5
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.
2 Peter 2:8
(for as he lived among them, that righteous man tormented himself day by day with the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
Revelation 13:5
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies. He was also given authority to act for 42 months.
This
Hosea 8:13 Though they offer sacrificial gifts
and eat the flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.
and eat the flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:3 They will not stay in the land of the Lord.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food
Ezekiel 23:32
This is what the Lord God says:
You will drink your sister’s cup,
which is deep and wide.
You will be an object of ridicule and scorn,
for it holds so much.
which is deep and wide.
You will be an object of
for it holds so much.
Ezekiel 36:20
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’
General references
Jeremiah 34:11
Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.