Jeremiah 9:5

Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

4Beware you⌃ each of his neighbor, and trust you⌃ not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.

6There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, says the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10And all that generation were laid to their fathers: and another generation rose up after them, who knew not the Lord, nor yet the work which he wrought in Israel.

Job 15:5You are guilty by the words of your mouth, neither have you discerned the words of the mighty.

Psalms 50:19Then shall you be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, + 50:19 Properly, a heave or wave-offfering. offering, and whole burnt sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon your altar.

Psalms 140:3Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a + 140:3 Lit. a door of fortification. strong door about by lips. 1

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.

Isaiah 41:6every one judging for his neighbor and that to assist his brother: and one will say,

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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