Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible

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

4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.

Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Proverbs 12:5The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.

Isaiah 41:6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

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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