Jeremiah 9:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

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  • Job 15:5 : 5 For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;
  • 1 Tim 4:2 : 2 in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 and the men who `are' at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
  • Job 11:3 : 3 Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!
  • Ps 7:14 : 14 Lo, he travaileth `with' iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
  • Ps 140:3 : 3 They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder `is' under their lips. Selah.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Wo `to' those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as `with' thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 Each his neighbour they help, And to his brother he saith, `Be strong.' 7 And strengthen doth an artizan the refiner, A smoother `with' a hammer, Him who is beating `on' an anvil, Saying, `For joining it `is' good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!
  • Isa 44:12-14 : 12 He hath wrought iron `with' an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied. 13 He hath wrought `with' wood, He hath stretched out a rule, He doth mark it out with a line, He maketh it with carving tools, And with a compass he marketh it out, And maketh it according to the form of a man, According to the beauty of a man, To remain in the house. 14 Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth `it' for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish `it'.
  • Isa 57:10 : 10 In the greatness of thy way thou hast laboured, Thou hast not said, `It is desperate.' The life of thy hand thou hast found, Therefore thou hast not been sick.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostacy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood. 14 And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter, 15 And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
  • Jer 9:8 : 8 A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
  • Ezek 24:12 : 12 `With' sorrows she hath wearied herself, And the abundance of her scum goeth not out of her, In the fire `is' her scum.
  • Mic 6:3 : 3 O My people, what have I done to thee? And what -- have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

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    3And they bend their tongue, their bow `is' a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

    4Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

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    6thy dwelling `is' in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

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    12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

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    3For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.

    4There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.

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    13For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely,

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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

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    20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

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    13A sepulchre opened `is' their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps `is' under their lips.

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    35To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

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    13Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostacy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.

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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Jer 7:8
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    8Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

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    17And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these `are' things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

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    20Deceit `is' in the heart of those devising evil, And to those counselling peace `is' joy.

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    3With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies -- princes.

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    8Because their mouth hath spoken vanity, And their right hand `is' a right hand of falsehood.

  • Jer 5:11-12
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    11For dealt treacherously against Me have the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah.

    12They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, ``It is' not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

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    2And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

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    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

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    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

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    11Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

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    9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

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    10Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

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

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom enlarge ye the mouth? Prolong ye the tongue? Are not ye children of transgression? a false seed?

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    5They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'

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    36And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

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    7Unto the border sent thee have all thine allies, Forgotten thee, prevailed over thee, have thy friends, Thy bread they make a snare under thee, There is no understanding in him!

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    2Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    7He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

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    4Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

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    5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

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    6For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, Even they dealt treacherously against thee, Even they -- they called after thee fully, Trust not in them, when they speak to thee good things.

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    5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.