Jeremiah 9:5

And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Let euery one take heede of his neighbour, and trust you not in any brother: for euery brother will vse deceite, and euery friend will deale deceitfully,

6Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10And so all that generation was gathered vnto their fathers, and another generation arose after them, which neither knewe the Lord, nor yet the works, which he had done for Israel.

Job 15:5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

Psalms 140:3They haue sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders poyson is vnder their lips. Selah.

Proverbs 12:5The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.

Isaiah 41:6Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide 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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