Job 6:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:11 : 11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
  • Jer 15:18 : 18 Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.
  • Ps 41:9 : 9 Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
  • John 13:18 : 18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
  • John 16:32 : 32 See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,
  • Jer 30:14 : 14 Your lovers have no more thought for you, they go after you no longer; for I have given you the wound of a hater, even cruel punishment;
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast. 6 For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.
  • Ps 55:12-14 : 12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place; 13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend. 14 We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
  • Ps 88:18 : 18 You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
  • Jer 9:4-5 : 4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil. 5 Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
  • Job 19:19 : 19 All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

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    6 For even your brothers, your father's family, even they have been untrue to you, crying loudly after you: have no faith in them, though they say fair words to you.

  • Job 19:13-14
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    13 He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

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  • Hos 6:7
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    7 But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

  • Isa 15:7
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  • Prov 6:19
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    19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

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    2 If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

    3 Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

    4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

    5 Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.

    6 There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

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    6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his secret stores looked for!

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  • Mic 6:11-12
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    11 Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

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    10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

  • Mal 2:10
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    10 Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?

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    18 They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

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    13 For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

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  • Prov 1:15
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    15 Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

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    8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

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    20 Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

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    11 For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.

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    16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

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    6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

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    26 Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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    15 And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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    17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

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    28 All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit.

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    12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

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    18 Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

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    4 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

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    22 Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

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    11 The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;

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    16 From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.