Jeremiah 9:5

The Scriptures 1998

“And everyone deceives his neighbour, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, and have wearied themselves to crook.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:13

“See, it is not from יהוה  of hosts that peoples labour only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught,

Micah 6:12

“For her rich men are filled with cruel unrighteousness, and her inhabitants have spoken falsehood, and their tongue is deceit in their mouth.

Isaiah 57:10

“You have wearied yourselves with your many wanderings, yet you did not say, ‘I give up!’ You have found the life of your hand, therefore you were not grieved.

Job 15:5

For your crookedness teaches your mouth what to say, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

1 Timothy 4:2

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been branded on their own conscience,

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another.

Micah 6:3

“My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Answer Me,

Ezekiel 24:12

“She has wearied herself with sorrows, and her great rust has not gone from her. Into the fire with her rust!

Jeremiah 9:8

“Their tongue is an arrow shot out. It speaks deceit – speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he sets his ambush.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw crookedness with cords of falsehood, and sin as with wagon ropes,

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 snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.

Psalm 64:3

Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, And aim their arrows, a bitter word,

Psalm 50:19

“You let your mouth loose to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 7:14

See, he who is bound with wickedness, And has conceived trouble and brought forth falsehood,

Job 11:3

Should your babblings silence men? And should you mock, and no one make you ashamed?

Genesis 19:11

Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they wearied themselves to find the door.

Psalm 52:3

You loved evil more than good, Lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Jeremiah 7:28

“But you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that did not obey the voice of יהוה  their Elohim, nor did they accept instruction. 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 betrayed you, even they have cried aloud 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 exhausted themselves – they do not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the burning displeasure of יהוה.”

Jeremiah 13:23

Does a Kushite change his skin and a leopard its spots? You who are taught to do evil are also unable to do good!

Jeremiah 51:58

Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “The broad walls of Baḇ

Jeremiah 51:64

and shall say, ‘So does Baḇ

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one Father? Did not one Ě

Judges 2:10

And all that generation were likewise gathered to their fathers, and another generation arose after them who did not know יהוה  nor the work which He had done for Yisra’ĕ

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right-ruling, The counsels of the wrong are deceit.

Jeremiah 4:22

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