Jeremiah 9:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Each one deceives the other, no one speaks the truth. They have accustomed their tongues to lying, they are perverse and cannot repent.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

“What is your name?” the man asked. He answered, “Jacob.”

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders a neighbor in secret I will reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.

Psalm 15:3

Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to a friend, never defames a neighbor;

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 25:18

A club, sword, or sharp arrow— the one who bears false witness against a neighbor.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest unless they have done evil; if they do not trip anyone they lose sleep.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;

Proverbs 6:19

The false witness who utters lies, and the one who sows discord among kindred.

Isaiah 59:13

Transgressing, and denying the Lord, turning back from following our God, Planning fraud and treachery, uttering lying words conceived in the heart.

Isaiah 9:16

That is why the Lord does not spare their young men, and their orphans and widows he does not pity; For they are totally impious and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!

Jeremiah 12:6

Your kindred and your father’s house, even they betray you; they have recruited a force against you. Do not believe them, even when they speak fair words to you.

Jeremiah 6:28

Arch-rebels are they all, dealers in slander, bronze and iron, all of them, destroyers they are.

Jeremiah 9:8

Should I not punish them for these deeds—oracle of the Lord; on a nation such as this should I not take vengeance?

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why, then, do we break faith with each other, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

Matthew 10:17

But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,

Matthew 10:21

Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

Luke 21:16

You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

not to take advantage of or exploit a brother in this matter, for the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you before and solemnly affirmed.