Jeremiah 9:5

New King James Version

Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

Micah 6:12

For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Isaiah 57:10

You are wearied in the length of your way; Yet you did not say, ‘There is no hope.’ You have found the life of your hand; Therefore you were not grieved.

Job 15:5

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

1 Timothy 4:2

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

Micah 6:3

“O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.

Ezekiel 24:12

She has grown weary with lies, And her great scum has not gone from her. Let her scum be in the fire!

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

Psalm 50:19

You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 7:14

Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.

Job 11:3

Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?

Genesis 19:11

And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah

Jeremiah 7:28

“So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, And her high gates shall be burned with fire; The people will labor in vain, And the nations, because of the fire; And they shall be weary.”

Jeremiah 51:64

Then you shall say, ‘Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.’ ” Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers?

Judges 2:10

When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”