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Jeremiah 9:5

They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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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"Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me," says the Lord.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know the Lord, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.

Job 15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth,and you choose the language of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19"You give your mouth to evil.Your tongue frames deceit.

Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.Viper's poison is under their lips.Selah.

Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are just,but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

Isaiah 41:6Everyone helps his neighbor.They say to their brothers, "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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