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

People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.

they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.

Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!

Therefore, stripping off falsehood, "let each of us speak the truth to his neighbor," for we belong to one another.

Deceive

Will your irrational babble silence people, and when you mock them, will you escape without being shamed?

Taught

They use their tongues like a bow. Lies rather than truth fly throughout the land. They progress from one evil to another, and they don't know me," declares the LORD.

Because your sin dictates your speech, you have chosen the language of the crafty.

You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Interlude

and the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences have been burned by a hot iron.

Weary

and blinded the men who were at the entrance of the house, from the least important to the greatest, so they were unable to find the doorway.

But the wicked one travails with evil, he conceives malice and gives birth to lies.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

Each helps his neighbor, saying to each other, "Be strong!'

The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

You grew tired with your many wanderings, but you wouldn't say: "It is hopeless.' You found new strength for your desire, and so you did not falter.

The pot wearies me, but its thick rust won't come off, even with fire.

"My people, what have I done to you, and how have I offended you? Answer me!

Is it not because of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that people grow tired putting out fires, and nations weary themselves over nothing?

General references

She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.