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

One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Deceive

Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

Taught

The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

Weary

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

They help one another; one says to the other, 'Be strong!'

A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.

Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse.

It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!

"My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

General references

So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home.

So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated."

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.