Jeremiah 9:5

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Summary

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

They will

Deceive

Job 11:3

Taught

Weary

General references

Bible References

They will

And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.

in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.

Deceive

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

Taught

And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.

speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,

Weary

And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

They helped every one his neighbour, and each said to his brother, Take courage.

The iron-smith hath a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.

Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; but thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick of it.

She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

General references

And she laid his garment by her until his lord came home.

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you."

Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.