Jeremiah 9:4
“Everyone beware of his neighbour, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will go around like a slanderer.
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Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbour. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
Psalms 55:11Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 6:19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord amongst brothers.
Proverbs 25:18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbour is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
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 →