Jeremiah 9:5

Good News Translation

They all mislead their friends, and no one tells the truth; they have taught their tongues to lie and will not give up their sinning. They do one violent thing after another, and one deceitful act follows another. The Lord says that his people reject him.

Cross References

Genesis 19:11

Then they struck all the men outside with blindness, so that they couldn't find the door.

Job 11:3

Job, do you think we can't answer you? That your mocking words will leave us speechless?

Job 15:5

Your wickedness is evident by what you say; you are trying to hide behind clever words.

Psalm 140:3

Their tongues are like deadly snakes; their words are like a cobra's poison.

Psalm 50:19

“You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil more than good and falsehood more than truth.

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.

Psalm 7:14

See how wicked people think up evil; they plan trouble and practice deception.

Proverbs 12:5

Honest people will treat you fairly; the wicked only want to deceive you.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Isaiah 5:18

You are doomed! You are unable to break free from your sins.

Isaiah 57:10

You wear yourselves out looking for other gods, but you never give up. You think your obscene idols give you strength, and so you never grow weak.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people planted wheat, but gathered weeds; they have worked hard, but got nothing for it. Because of my fierce anger their crops have failed.”

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your relatives, members of your own family, have betrayed you; they join in the attacks against you. Do not trust them, even though they speak friendly words.”

Jeremiah 13:23

Can people change the color of their skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good.”

Jeremiah 51:58

The walls of mighty Babylon will be thrown to the ground, and its towering gates burned down. The work of the nations is all for nothing; their efforts go up in flames. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 51:64

and say, ‘This is what will happen to Babylonia—it will sink and never rise again because of the destruction that the Lord is going to bring on it.’” The words of Jeremiah end here.

Jeremiah 7:28

You will tell them that their nation does not obey me, the Lord their God, or learn from their punishment. Faithfulness is dead. No longer is it even talked about.

Jeremiah 9:3

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The Lord says, “My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God.”

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like deadly arrows; they always tell lies. Everyone speaks friendly words to their neighbors, but they are really setting a trap for them.

Ezekiel 24:12

although all that corrosion will not disappear in the flames.

Micah 6:12

Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars.

Micah 6:3

The Lord says, “My people, what have I done to you? How have I been a burden to you? Answer me.

Habakkuk 2:13

The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labor, and all they have built goes up in flames. The Lord Almighty has done this.

Malachi 2:10

Don't we all have the same father? Didn't the same God create us all? Then why do we break our promises to one another, and why do we despise the covenant that God made with our ancestors?

Ephesians 4:25

No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.

1 Timothy 4:2

Such teachings are spread by deceitful liars, whose consciences are dead, as if burnt with a hot iron.

Judges 2:10

That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the Lord and what he had done for Israel.