Jeremiah 9:5 (WEB)
Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18Conference XVI
“And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth, for they have bent their tongue like a bow for lies and not for truth.”” — editor's note: Jer. ix. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.1Conference XXIII
“…out, so that they are prevented even by the hindrance of arduous difficulty from their deadly quest of sin; as he says: “They have laboured to do wickedly.”” — editor's note: Jer. ix. 5.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence it is said through Jeremiah, They have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity (Jerem. ix. 5): as if it were said plainly, They who might have been friends of truth without labour, labour to sin; and, while they refuse to live in…” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIII.1.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XVI.18.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.12.