Jeremiah 9:5

(9-4) And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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(9-3) Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders.

6(9-5) Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.

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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 the LORD, 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 hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Psalms 140:3(140-4) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right; but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Isaiah 41:6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said 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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