Job 17:5

American Standard Version (1901)

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
  • Deut 28:65 : 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

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    5A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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    4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .

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    19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

    3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;

  • Prov 28:23-24
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    23He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

    24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • Prov 17:4-7
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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

    6Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

    7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 17:20-21
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Job 14:21
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    21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

  • Job 6:27
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    27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • Job 20:10
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    10His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

  • Prov 30:17
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    17The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

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    5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

  • Prov 19:7
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    7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: How much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth [them with] words, [but] they are gone.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Job 5:4
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    4His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

  • Prov 10:10
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

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    8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

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    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

  • Prov 25:10
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    10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

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    6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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    19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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    6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

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    18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

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    12Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

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    54The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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    26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

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    28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.