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

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out committing sin.

We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.

The rich men are full of violence! Her inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Put away falsehood. Speak truth each one of you with his neighbor: for we are members (belonging to) (together with) of one another.

Deceive

Should your idle talk reduce men to silence? Should no one rebuke you when you mock?

Taught

They bend their tongue like their bow. Lies and not truth prevail in the land. They move from evil to evil. They do not know me, says Jehovah.

Your sin inspires your mouth. You choose the tongue of the crafty.

You let your mouth speak evil. Your tongue plans deceit.

Their words cut like swords, and their cruel remarks sting like sharp arrows.

They make their tongues as sharp as a snake's fang. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron.

Weary

Then they blinded the men of Sodom so they could not find the doorway.

See how they conceive evil. They are pregnant with wickedness and give birth to lies.

They do not sleep unless they have done evil. Their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Woe to those who scatter sin with cords of falsehood and iniquity with a cart rope!

Each helps the other and says to his brother: Be strong!

The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals. He shapes an idol with hammers; he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength. He drinks no water and grows faint.

You are wearied because of the length of your trip. Yet you did not say: I give up. There is no hope. You have found the renewal of your strength. Therefore you were not grieved.

She has made me tire with toil, yet her great rust has not gone from her. Let her rust be in the fire!'

O my people, what have I done to you? How have I grieved you? Respond to me.

Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?

General references

Potiphar's wife kept Joseph's coat until her husband came home.

Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up?

Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.

The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these things were true.