Jeremiah 9:5

And a man will deride his brother, and they will not speak the truth. For they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they have labored to commit iniquity.

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In The King James Version

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

In Context

4Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.

6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit. In their deceitfulness, they have refused to know me, says the Lord.”

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Cross References

Judges 2:10And that entire generation was gathered to their fathers. And there rose up others, who had not known the Lord and the works that he had done for Israel.

Job 15:5For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.

Psalms 50:19A crushed spirit is a sacrifice to God. A contrite and humbled heart, O God, you will not spurn.

Psalms 140:3O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest.

Isaiah 41:6Each one will help his neighbor and will say to his brother, “Be strengthened.”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:2-12

The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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