Jeremiah 9:6

A Nation Characterized By Deceit

⁵ Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
⁶ You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration. ⁷ Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them,
for what else can I do
because of My dear people?

Says the Lord

Declares The Lord

Pay Attention

Jehovah

Job 21:14-15

Yet they say to God: “Leave us alone!
We don’t want to know Your ways.

Proverbs 1:24

Since I called out and you refused,
extended my hand and no one paid attention,

Jeremiah 13:10

These evil people, who refuse to listen to Me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

John 3:19-20

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

Psalm 120:2-6

“Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 11:19

for I was like a docile lamb led to slaughter.
I didn’t know that they had devised plots against me:
“Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit;
let’s cut him off from the land of the living
so that his name will no longer be remembered.”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the gossip of many people,
“Terror is on every side!
Report him; let’s report him!”
Everyone I trusted watches for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived
so that we might prevail against him
and take our vengeance on him.”

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your sons.

Romans 1:28

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come to your senses and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.