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Jer 9:3 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they bend		Jer 9:5,8; Psa 52:2-4; Psa 64:3,4; Psa 120:2-4; Isa 59:3-5,13-15; Mic 7:3-5; Rom 3:13
valiant		Mat 10:31-33; Mar 8:38; Rom 1:16; Phl 1:28; Jud 1:3; Rev 12:11
for they		Jer 7:26; 2Ti 3:13
they know		Jer 4:22; Jer 22:16; Jer 31:34; Jdg 2:10; 1Sa 2:12; Hsa 4:1-3; Jhn 8:54,55; Jhn 17:3; Rom 1:28; 2Cr 4:4-6

Correlating Passages

they bend

	Jer 9:5	And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity.
	Jer 9:8	Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
	Psa 52:2	Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
	Psa 52:3	Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
	Psa 52:4	Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
	Psa 64:3	Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
	Psa 64:4	That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
	Psa 120:2	Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.
	Psa 120:3	What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
	Psa 120:4	Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
	Isa 59:3	For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
	Isa 59:4	None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
	Isa 59:5	They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
	Isa 59:13	In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
	Isa 59:14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
	Isa 59:15	Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.
	Mic 7:3	That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
	Mic 7:4	The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
	Mic 7:5	Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
	Rom 3:13	Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:

valiant

	Mat 10:31	Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
	Mat 10:32	Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
	Mat 10:33	But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
	Mar 8:38	Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
	Rom 1:16	For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
	Phl 1:28	And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
	Jud 1:3	Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
	Rev 12:11	And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

for they

	Jer 7:26	Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
	2Ti 3:13	But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

they know

	Jer 4:22	For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
	Jer 22:16	He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
	Jer 31:34	And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
	Jdg 2:10	And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
	1Sa 2:12	Now the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
	Hsa 4:1	Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
	Hsa 4:2	By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
	Hsa 4:3	Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
	Jhn 8:54	Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
	Jhn 8:55	Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
	Jhn 17:3	And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
	Rom 1:28	And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
	2Cr 4:4	In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
	2Cr 4:5	For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
	2Cr 4:6	For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jeremiah 9:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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