Jeremiah 9:5

And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 every man take heed of his neighbor, and let his not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10And all that generation was gathered to their fathers: and there arose others that knew not the Lord, and the works which he had done for Israel.

Job 15:5For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.

Psalms 50:19Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

Psalms 140:3Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Isaiah 41:6Every one shall help his neighbour, and shall say to his brother: Be of good courage.

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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