Jeremiah 9:5

(9:4) And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and the truth will they not speak: they have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Leeser Tanakh

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 neighbor, and on any brother place ye no reliance; for every brother will surely supplant, and every neighbor will go about as a talebearer.

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, who knew not the Lord, and likewise not the deeds which he had done for Israel.

Job 15:5For thy iniquity teacheth thy mouth, so that thou choosest the language of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Psalms 140:3(140:4) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the poison of the adder is under their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are justice: the best counsels of the wicked are deceit.

Isaiah 41:6They help one another; and each one saith 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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