Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

Read full chapter

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.

Read full chapter

When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,(A) while his heart gathers slander;(B)
    then he goes out and spreads(C) it around.

Read full chapter

Their tongue(A) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(B)
    but in their hearts they set traps(C) for them.(D)

Read full chapter

His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

Read full chapter

Such a person is double-minded(A) and unstable(B) in all they do.

Read full chapter

whose mouths are full of lies,(A)
    whose right hands(B) are deceitful.(C)

Read full chapter

Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.(A)

Read full chapter

Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(B)

Read full chapter

You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed(A)—God is our witness.(B)

Read full chapter

24 For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations(A) among the people of Israel.

Read full chapter

Oh, that I had in the desert(A)
    a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
    and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(B)
    a crowd of unfaithful(C) people.

“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;(D)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge(E) me,”
declares the Lord.
“Beware of your friends;(F)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(G)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](H)
    and every friend a slanderer.(I)
Friend deceives friend,(J)
    and no one speaks the truth.(K)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(L)
    they weary themselves with sinning.
You[c] live in the midst of deception;(M)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
  2. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob
  3. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)

Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends