Jeremiah 9:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Take 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.

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  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
  • Gen 27:35-36 : 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 ¶ He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 ¶ A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • Ps 55:11-12 : 11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. 12 For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
  • Matt 10:17 : 17 ‹But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;›
  • Matt 10:21 : 21 ‹And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and cause them to be put to death.›
  • Matt 10:34-35 : 34 ‹Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.› 35 ‹For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.›
  • Luke 21:16 : 16 ‹And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and› [some] ‹of you shall they cause to be put to death.›
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 ¶ Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

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