Thematic Bible: The prevalence of
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"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips."
Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."
The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
I rashly declared, "All men are liars."
One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
Verse Concepts
Faithfulness, In Human RelationshipsDeceitful Heartsevil, origins ofBeing Born In SinHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHuman NatureMedicineMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationDeception In Fallen Human NatureCorrupted ConsciencesSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedDepravity Of Man
Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
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