Micah 7:5

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Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

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  • Jer 9:4 : 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.
  • Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.
  • Judg 16:5-9 : 5 The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, 'Entice him and find out the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so that we may tie him up and subdue him. Each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.' 6 So Delilah said to Samson, 'Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.' 7 Samson answered her, 'If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be like any other man.' 8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them. 9 With men hidden in the room, she called out to him, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered. 10 Then Delilah said to Samson, 'You have made a fool of me and lied to me. Now tell me how you can be tied up.' 11 He said to her, 'If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.' 12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then she called out, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But men were hiding in the room, and he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads. 13 Delilah said to Samson, 'You have been making a fool of me and telling me lies. Now tell me how you can be bound.' He replied, 'If you weave the seven locks of my hair into the fabric on the loom and fasten it with the pin, I will become weak like any other man.' 14 While he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair, wove them into the fabric, and fastened them with the pin. Then she called to him, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, the loom, and the fabric. 15 Then Delilah said to him, 'How can you say, “I love you,” when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me and have not told me the secret of your great strength.' 16 With her nagging she pressed him day after day until he was sick to death of it. 17 So he told her everything: 'No razor has ever been used on my head,' he said, 'because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.' 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines, 'Come back once more; he has told me everything.' So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands. 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven locks of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him. 20 Then she called, 'Samson, the Philistines are upon you!' He awoke from his sleep and thought, 'I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.' But he did not know that the LORD had left him.
  • Job 6:14-15 : 14 To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brothers have acted deceitfully, like a wadi, like streams that flow away.

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    4Say to wisdom, 'You are my sister,' and call understanding your close relative.

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  • Jer 9:4-5
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    4Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing.

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  • Prov 27:10
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    10Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 5:7-9
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    7Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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  • Prov 6:24-25
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

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    6Your own brothers, the house of your father, have betrayed you; even they have called out loudly after you. Do not trust them, though they speak pleasantly to you.

  • Deut 13:6
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    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 4:24
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  • Jer 7:4
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  • Prov 6:1-3
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    1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,

    2you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your mouth.

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  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

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    17Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

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    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

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    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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    5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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    29Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

  • Jer 17:5
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    5This is what the LORD says: Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

  • Prov 6:27
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    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

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    28Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

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    3Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings.

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    7All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you. Those who eat your bread have set a trap under you—there is no understanding in him.

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    17Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you.

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    3Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation.