Jeremiah 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.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 9:3 directly parallels: 'They bend their tongue like a bow for falsehood' — same theme of deceptive speech and growing evil.

Jeremiah 9:8 continues the same theme: tongues speak deceitfully, and neighbors are trapped by false words, reinforcing the pervasive lying.

Jeremiah 13:23 uses the unchangeable leopard's spots to illustrate ingrained sin, parallel to the deep-rooted lying here.

Job 15:5 Parallel

In Job 15:5, 'your iniquity teaches your mouth, you choose the tongue of the crafty' — identical idea of training the tongue for deceit.

Psalm 7:14 Parallel

Psalm 7:14 portrays the wicked 'conceiving evil and giving birth to lies' — directly linking evil to lying, as in Jeremiah 9:5.

Psalm 50:19 Parallel

Psalm 50:19 rebukes the wicked: 'your tongue frames deceit' — directly mirroring the accusation of lying speech.

Psalm 140:3 Parallel

Psalm 140:3 says 'they make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, venom under their lips' — a vivid parallel to deceitful speech as poison.

Micah 6:12 Parallel

Micah 6:12 says the inhabitants speak lies and their tongues are deceitful, a direct parallel to Jeremiah's accusation of lying tongues.

Isaiah 59:13-15 describes lying and the absence of truth, mirroring Jeremiah's portrayal of a society where no one speaks truthfully.

Leviticus 6:2 directly addresses deceiving a neighbor in a trust matter — the same sin of lying to neighbors that Jeremiah 9:5 condemns.

Psalm 109:2 Parallel

Psalm 109:2 depicts lying tongues attacking the psalmist, directly mirroring the 'lying tongues' in Jeremiah.

Psalm 116:11 declares 'All men are liars,' reinforcing Jeremiah's indictment of universal deceit.

2 Kings 5:22 records Gehazi's lie for gain—a concrete example of the deceit Jeremiah condemns.

Malachi 2:10 condemns unfaithfulness among those who share one Father, matching the covenant deceit in Jeremiah.

Isaiah 41:6 Contrast

Isaiah 41:6 shows neighbors helping each other, a direct contrast to the deception and failure to speak truth among neighbors in Jeremiah 9:5.

Proverbs 4:16 describes evildoers unable to sleep without wrongdoing, paralleling the wearying sinfulness here.

Habakkuk 2:13 says nations 'weary themselves for nothing' — a parallel to Jeremiah 9:5 where people weary themselves committing iniquity, both showing futile effort.

Job 6:15 Parallel

Job 6:15 compares friends to undependable streams, echoing the theme of deceitful relationships.