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Jeremiah 5:2

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And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
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  1. Titus 1:16Rank 1 from verse 2
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    16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

  2. Jeremiah 4:2Rank 2 from verse 2
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    2And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

  3. 2 Timothy 3:5Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

  4. Hosea 10:4Rank 4 from verse 2
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    4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

  5. Hosea 4:1–2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    1HEAR 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.

    2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Jeremiah 5:2

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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5:1RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

5:2And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

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5:3O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

5:4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

5:5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

5:6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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