Jeremiah 9:5 “Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught…”

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

Bible in Basic English

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

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Cross references

“they will”

Isaiah 59:13–15 Micah 6:12 Jeremiah 9:8 Ephesians 4:25 Jeremiah 9:5

Isaiah 59:13–15 · BSB

rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

Micah 6:12 · BSB

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Jeremiah 9:8 · BSB

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

“deceive”

Job 11:3

Job 11:3 · BSB

Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

“taught”

Job 15:5 Jeremiah 9:3 Psalm 50:19 Psalm 64:3 Psalm 140:3 1 Timothy 4:2

Job 15:5 · BSB

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Psalm 50:19 · BSB

You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

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

Psalm 140:3 · BSB

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

1 Timothy 4:2 · BSB

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

“weary”

Isaiah 57:10 Habakkuk 2:13 Psalm 7:14 Proverbs 4:16 Isaiah 5:18 Isaiah 44:12–14

Isaiah 57:10 · BSB

You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

Habakkuk 2:13 · BSB

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

Psalm 7:14 · BSB

Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

Proverbs 4:16 · BSB

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Isaiah 5:18 · BSB

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Isaiah 44:12–14 · BSB

The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

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