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Jer 9:5 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

they will		Jer 9:5,8; Isa 59:13-15; Mic 6:12; Eph 4:25
deceive		or, mock. Job 11:3
taught		Jer 9:3; Job 15:5; Psa 50:19; Psa 64:3; Psa 140:3; 1Ti 4:2
weary		Gen 19:11; Psa 7:14; Pro 4:16; Isa 5:18; Isa 41:6,7; Isa 44:12-14; Isa 57:10; Eze 24:12; Mic 6:3; Hab 2:13

Correlating Passages

they will

	Jer 9:5	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.
	Jer 9:8	Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
	Isa 59:13	In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
	Isa 59:14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
	Isa 59:15	Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.
	Mic 6:12	For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
	Eph 4:25	Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

deceive

Job 11:3

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

taught

	Jer 9:3	And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
	Job 15:5	For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
	Psa 50:19	Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
	Psa 64:3	Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
	Psa 140:3	They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
	1Ti 4:2	Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

weary

	Gen 19:11	And they smote the men that [were] at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
	Psa 7:14	Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
	Pro 4:16	For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
	Isa 5:18	Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
	Isa 41:6	They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
	Isa 41:7	So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
	Isa 44:12	The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
	Isa 44:13	The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
	Isa 44:14	He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].
	Isa 57:10	Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
	Eze 24:12	She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.
	Mic 6:3	O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
	Hab 2:13	Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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