Jeremiah 9:5

And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves 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

4Take ye heed everyone of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.

Job 15:5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just; But the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Isaiah 41:6They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith 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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