Jeremiah 9:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And they bend their tongues like their bows for [a]lies: but they have no courage for the truth upon the earth, for they proceed from evil to worse, and they have not known me, saith the Lord.
4 Let everyone take heed of his neighbor, and trust you not in any [b]brother: for every brother will use deceit, and every friend will deal deceitfully,
5 And everyone will deceive his friend, and will not speak the truth: for they [c]have taught their tongue to speak lies, and take great pains to do wickedly.
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- Jeremiah 9:3 To belie and slander their neighbors.
- Jeremiah 9:4 Meaning, that all were corrupt, and none could find an honest man.
- Jeremiah 9:5 They have so practiced deceit, that they cannot forsake it.
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