Jeremiah 9:5

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?

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.

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. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 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.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 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.

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. 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. 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.

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

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.

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.

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

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

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.