Topic
Belie
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Jeremiah 5:12ISBE
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- Wisdom of Solomon 1:11ISBE
Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
be-li': Is the translation of kachash, "to be untrue" (Jer 5:12), "They have belied the Lord" (the American Standard Revised Version "denied Yahweh"), here used as synonym of "give the lie to."
In The Wisdom of Solomon 1:11 "belle" translates katapseudomai (the kata prefix referring to the kata in katalalia in the same verse), "A mouth that belieth destroyeth a soul."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.