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Faithless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Without belief in the revealed truths of religion; unbelieving.

2. O faithless generation. Math 18.

3. Not believing; not giving credit to.

4. Not adhering to allegiance or duty; disloyal; perfidious; treacherous; as a faithless subject.

5. Not true to a master or employer; neglectful; as a faithless servant.

6. Not true to the marriage covenant; false; as a faithless husband or wife.

7. Not observant of promises.

8. Deceptive.

9. Yonder faithless phantom.

Faithless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not believing; not giving credit.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.

Faithlessness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Unbelief, as to revealed religion.

2. Perfidy; treachery; disloyalty; as in subjects.

3. Violation of promises or covenants; inconstancy; as of husband or wife.

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Job 6:15

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,

Psalms 25:3

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

Psalms 78:57

But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

Psalms 119:158

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.

Proverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Proverbs 13:2

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.

Proverbs 21:18

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.

Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

Proverbs 25:19

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Jeremiah 3:6

The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 3:8

And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

Jeremiah 3:11

And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 3:14

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

“Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?