Jeremiah 9:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:13

But the Lord All-Powerful has decided that a fire will destroy everything that those people worked to build. All their work will be for nothing.

Micah 6:12

The rich in that city are still cruel. The people there still tell lies. Yes, they tell their lies.

Isaiah 57:10

All of them made you tired, but you never gave up. You found new strength, because you enjoyed them.

Job 15:5

What you say clearly shows your sin. Job, you are trying to hide your sin by using clever words.

1 Timothy 4:2

Those teachings come through people who tell lies and trick others. These evil people cannot see what is right and what is wrong. It is like their conscience has been destroyed with a hot iron.

Ephesians 4:25

So you must stop telling lies. “You must always speak the truth to each other,” because we all belong to each other in the same body.

Micah 6:3

He says, “My people, tell me what I did! Did I do something wrong against you? Did I make life too hard for you?

Ezekiel 24:12

“‘Jerusalem might work hard to scrub away her stains. But that ‘rust’ will not go away! Only the fire of punishment will remove it.

Jeremiah 9:8

The people of Judah have tongues as sharp as arrows. Their mouths speak lies. They all speak kindly to their neighbors, but they are secretly planning ways to attack them.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They use their tongues like a bow; lies fly from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land. They go from one sin to another. They don’t know me.” This is what the Lord said.

Isaiah 5:18

Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pulling wagons with ropes.

Proverbs 4:16

The wicked cannot sleep until they have done something evil. They will not rest until they bring someone down.

Psalm 140:3

Their words are as harmful as the fangs of a snake, as deadly as its venom. Selah

Psalm 64:3

They sharpen their tongues to use like swords. They aim their poisonous words like arrows.

Psalm 50:19

You say evil things and tell lies.

Psalm 7:14

The minds of the wicked are full of evil; they are pregnant with wicked plans, which give birth to lies.

Job 11:3

Do you think we don’t have an answer for you? Do you think no one will warn you when you laugh at God?

Genesis 19:11

Then they did something to the men outside the door—they caused all these evil men, young and old, to become blind. So the men trying to get in the house could not find the door.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil more than goodness. You love lies more than truth. Selah

Jeremiah 7:28

So you must tell them these things: ‘This is the nation that did not obey the Lord its God. These people did not listen to God’s teachings. They don’t know the true teachings.’

Jeremiah 12:6

These men are your own brothers. Members of your own family are making plans against you. People from your own family are shouting at you. Don’t trust them, even when they speak to you like friends.

Jeremiah 12:13

The people will plant wheat, but they will harvest only thorns. They will work hard until they are very tired, but they will get nothing for all their work. They will be ashamed of their crop. The Lord’s anger caused this.”

Jeremiah 13:23

A black man cannot change the color of his skin, and a leopard cannot change its spots. In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good. You always do bad things.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Babylon’s thick, strong wall will be pulled down. Her high gates will be burned. The people of Babylon will work hard, but it will not help. They will get very tired trying to save the city. But they will only be fuel for the flames.”

Jeremiah 51:64

Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink. Babylon will rise no more. It will sink because of the terrible things that I will make happen here.’” The words of Jeremiah end here.

Malachi 2:10

We all have the same father. The same God made every one of us. So why do people cheat one another? They show that they don’t respect the agreement. They don’t respect the agreement that our ancestors made with God.

Judges 2:10

After that whole generation died, the next generation grew up. This new generation did not know about the Lord or what he had done for the Israelites.

Proverbs 12:5

Good people are honest and fair in all they do, but those who are evil lie and cannot be trusted.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord said, “My people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are stupid children. They don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”