Jeremiah 9:5
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5 They all fool and defraud each other;
no one tells the truth.
With practiced tongues they tell lies;
they wear themselves out with all their sinning.
Micah 6:12
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12 The rich among you have become wealthy
through extortion and violence.
Your citizens are so used to lying
that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
Job 15:5
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5 Your sins are telling your mouth what to say.
Your words are based on clever deception.
1 Timothy 4:2
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2 These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.[a]
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Ephesians 4:25
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25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.
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Habakkuk 2:13
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13 Has not the Lord of Heaven’s Armies promised
that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?
They work so hard,
but all in vain!
Micah 6:3
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3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
What have I done to make you tired of me?
Answer me!
Ezekiel 24:12
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12 But it’s hopeless;
the corruption can’t be cleaned out.
So throw it into the fire.
Jeremiah 9:8
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8 For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows.
They speak friendly words to their neighbors
while scheming in their heart to kill them.
Jeremiah 9:3
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Judgment for Disobedience
3 “My people bend their tongues like bows
to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
says the Lord.
Isaiah 59:13-15
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13 We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
14 Our courts oppose the righteous,
and justice is nowhere to be found.
Truth stumbles in the streets,
and honesty has been outlawed.
15 Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.
The Lord looked and was displeased
to find there was no justice.
Isaiah 57:10
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10 You grew weary in your search,
but you never gave up.
Desire gave you renewed strength,
and you did not grow weary.
Isaiah 44:12-14
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12 The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool,
pounding and shaping it with all his might.
His work makes him hungry and weak.
It makes him thirsty and faint.
13 Then the wood-carver measures a block of wood
and draws a pattern on it.
He works with chisel and plane
and carves it into a human figure.
He gives it human beauty
and puts it in a little shrine.
14 He cuts down cedars;
he selects the cypress and the oak;
he plants the pine in the forest
to be nourished by the rain.
Isaiah 41:6-7
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6 The idol makers encourage one another,
saying to each other, “Be strong!”
7 The carver encourages the goldsmith,
and the molder helps at the anvil.
“Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.”
Carefully they join the parts together,
then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over.
Isaiah 5:18
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18 What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
Proverbs 4:16
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16 For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
Psalm 140:3
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3 Their tongues sting like a snake;
the venom of a viper drips from their lips. Interlude
Psalm 64:3
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3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim their bitter words like arrows.
Psalm 50:19
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19 Your mouth is filled with wickedness,
and your tongue is full of lies.
Psalm 7:14
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14 The wicked conceive evil;
they are pregnant with trouble
and give birth to lies.
Job 11:3
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3 Should I remain silent while you babble on?
When you mock God, shouldn’t someone make you ashamed?
Genesis 19:11
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11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
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