Jeremiah 9:5

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You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

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  • Job 15:5 : 5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Is it not from the LORD of Hosts that peoples labor for fire and nations grow weary for nothing?
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 They will speak lies with hypocrisy, and their consciences will be seared as with a hot iron.
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They devise wicked schemes in their hearts and stir up conflicts all day long.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with cart ropes!
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 Each one helps his neighbor and says to his brother, 'Be strong!' 7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and the one who polishes with the hammer encourages the one striking the anvil, saying of the soldering, 'It is good.' They fasten it with nails so it will not move.
  • Isa 44:12-14 : 12 The blacksmith works with iron, shaping it in the coals. He hammers it with his tools and works it with the strength of his arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and becomes faint. 13 The carpenter measures out wood; he marks it with a stylus. He shapes it with chisels and marks it with a compass. He crafts it in the form of a man, a human figure, to dwell in a house. 14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 You wearied yourself with your many ways, but you did not say, ‘It’s hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not grow faint.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart. 14 Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD saw this and was displeased, for there was no justice.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?
  • Ezek 24:12 : 12 She has wearied herself with toil, and her heavy corrosion has not gone from her; her rust will be burned away in the fire.
  • Mic 6:3 : 3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

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    3Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

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  • Jer 9:6
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    6Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?

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    8Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?

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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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    12Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

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    3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsehood, and your tongue mutters injustice.

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  • Jer 6:13
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    13For from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for unjust gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

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  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.

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    13We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.

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    2When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

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    6The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.

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    8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

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    19so is the one who deceives their neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'

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    17Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy is for those who counsel peace.

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    8Whose mouths speak falsehood and whose right hand is a right hand of deception.

  • Jer 5:11-12
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    11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been thoroughly unfaithful to Me, declares the Lord.

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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are His delight.

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    4Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

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    5They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

  • Ps 78:36
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    36But they deceived Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues.

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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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    4How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

  • Prov 6:19
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    19a false witness who pours out lies, and one who stirs up conflict among brothers.

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    26Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

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

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    5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

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

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    6Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.

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    5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will not escape.