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Jeremiah 9:3 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jeremiah 9:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Jeremiah 9:3 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jeremiah 9:3
This verse describes moral decay: 'And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies.' The Hebrew imagery pictures the tongue as a weapon—bent and aimed like a bow shooting arrows of falsehood. 'But they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth' uses gavar (גָּבַר, to be mighty, prevail)—they show no courage for truth. 'For they proceed from evil to evil' indicates progression in wickedness rather than repentance. The climactic indictment: 'and they know me not, saith the LORD.' Using yada (יָדַע), the covenant knowledge term, God declares the relationship broken. They no longer 'know' H...
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Cross-References for Jeremiah 9:3
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“but in his heart he lays wait for him.”
“they don't know me; they are foolish children”
“and turning away from following our God”
“who didn't know Yahweh”
“Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:”
“Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.”
“that they should know you”
“and aim their arrows”
“God gave them up to a reprobate mind”
“and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life”