Jeremiah 9:5
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.
King James Version
In Context
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Cross References
Judges 2:10And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Job 15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Psalms 50:19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison 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 →