Jeremiah 9:5

American Standard Version (1901)

And they will deceive every one 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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  • Job 15:5 : 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders' poison is under their lips. {{Selah
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They help every one his neighbor; and [every one] saith to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encourageth the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it should not be moved.
  • Isa 44:12-14 : 12 The smith [maketh] an axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with a pencil; he shapeth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compasses, and shapeth it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house. 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
  • Ezek 24:12 : 12 She hath wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her; her rust [goeth not forth] by fire.
  • Mic 6:3 : 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

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    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

  • Jer 9:6
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    6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

    4None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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    13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

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    13transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  • Jer 7:8
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    8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Zech 8:17
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    17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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    8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

    12They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

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    2And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

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    22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

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    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

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    10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

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    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

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    9They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

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    36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

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    7All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee on thy way, even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread lay a snare under thee: there is no understanding in him.

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    2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

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    4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah

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    19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

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    5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

  • Jer 12:6
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    6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. [

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    5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.