Psa 5:9, 12:1-2, Isa 48:1, Jer 5:1-2, 7:28, Hos 4:1-2, Mic 7:2 | ESV | STEP | For there is no truth in their mouth ; their inmost self is destruction ; their throat is an open grave ; they flatter with their tongue .

Psalms 5:9

9 For there is no truth in their mouth;
their inmost self is ^adestruction;
^btheir throat is ^can open grave;
they ^dflatter with their tongue.

Psalms 12:1-2

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} A Psalm of David.

1 Save, O Lord, for ^fthe godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone ^gutters lies to his neighbor;
with ^hflattering lips and ⁱa double heart they speak.

Isaiah 48:1

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
^jwho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^kwho came from the waters of Judah,
^lwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.

Jeremiah 5:1-2

Jerusalem Refused to Repent

1 ^mRun to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
ⁿif you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
^othat I may pardon her.
2 ^pThough they say, “As the Lord lives,”
^qyet they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 7:28

28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; ^rtruth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

Hosea 4:1-2

The Lord Accuses Israel

1 ^sHear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for ^tthe Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and ^uno knowledge of God in the land;
2 ^vthere is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and ^wbloodshed follows bloodshed.

Micah 7:2

2 ^xThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^ythere is no one upright among mankind;
^zthey all lie in wait for blood,
and ^aaeach hunts the other with a net.