Jeremiah 9:5 BSB — MannaFest

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12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִ֤ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and each	H376 →
בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙	be.re.'E.hu	<in> neighbor his	H7453 →
יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ	ye.ha.Te.lu	they deceive	H2048 →
וֶאֱמֶ֖ת	ve.'e.Met	and truth	H571 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ	ye.da.Be.ru	they speak	H1696 →
לִמְּד֧וּ	li.me.Du	they have taught	H3925 →
לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם	le.sho.Nam	tongue their	H3956 →
דַּבֶּר־	da.ber-	to speak	H1696 →
שֶׁ֖קֶר	She.ker	falsehood	H8267 →
הַעֲוֵ֥ה	ha.'a.Veh	to iniquire	H5753 →
נִלְאֽוּ׃	nil.'U	they are weary	H3811 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Habakkuk 2:13
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
leads to
- Jeremiah 51:58
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will…
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 50:11
  Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My…
Through
Job 15:5
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:3–5
  “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
Through
Micah 6:12
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Hosea 7:13
  Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
- Jeremiah 9:8
  Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
Through
Isaiah 57:10
You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
leads to
- Jeremiah 2:25
  You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Jeremiah 13:23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.Isaiah 59:13–15rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.Habakkuk 2:13Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?Isaiah 57:10You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.Psalms 64:3who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah Isaiah 44:12–14The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!1 Timothy 4:2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

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