Jeremiah 9 ... God says ... Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3And 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.
4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5And 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.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
7Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8Their 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.
9Shall I not visit (judge) them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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Comments by Joan Boney ... When we are born again, God gives us the Holy Spirit, The Spirit of Truth, to dwell in us. We have "truth" in us. We have to hold to the truth and be diligent for the truth in all things. We can do this because now we have his Spirit of Truth. We must not hold to untruths ... By deliberate consideration we choose truth and cling to truth and refuse lies.