Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; they tire themselves out doing wrong.

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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

4Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and every friend slanders other people.

6Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10Once that generation had passed away, the generation that followed did not know the Lord, or what he had done for Israel.

Job 15:5It's your sins that are doing the talking, and you are choosing deceptive words.

Psalms 50:19With your mouth you say evil things; you use your tongue to spread lies.

Psalms 140:3Their tongues are as sharp as those of snakes; viper's venom is on their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 12:5Good people make plans that are fair, but the advice of the wicked is deceptive.

Isaiah 41:6They all help each other, encouraging one another to “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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