Jeremiah 9:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. 3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!
  • Prov 26:24-25 : 24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. 25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
  • Jer 6:28 : 28 I reported,“All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly.
  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets! 6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.
  • Jer 12:6 : 6 As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.
  • Gen 27:35-36 : 35 But Isaac replied,“Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing.” 36 Esau exclaimed,“‘Jacob is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!” Then he asked,“Have you not kept back a blessing for me?”
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
  • Prov 25:18 : 18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
  • Ps 55:11-12 : 11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square. 12 Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:
  • Prov 6:19 : 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
  • Matt 10:17 : 17 Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
  • Matt 10:21 : 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
  • Matt 10:34-35 : 34 Not Peace, but a Sword“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword! 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
  • Luke 21:16 : 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jer 9:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.

    6They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the LORD.

  • Mic 7:5
    76%

    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

  • Jer 9:3
    76%

    3The Lord Laments That He Has No Choice But to Judge Them The LORD says,“These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

  • Jer 9:8
    75%

    8Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.

  • Jer 12:6
    74%

    6As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you.

  • Prov 6:19
    74%

    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Ps 12:2
    73%

    2People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

  • Zech 8:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

  • Prov 3:29
    72%

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

  • Prov 29:5
    72%

    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • Ps 15:3
    72%

    3He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

  • Prov 25:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

  • Ps 50:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

    20You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

  • Ps 5:9
    71%

    9For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

  • Isa 3:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected.

    6Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’

  • Jer 6:13
    71%

    13“That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.

  • Prov 26:19
    71%

    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Obad 1:7
    71%

    7All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise!

  • Lev 19:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

  • Prov 16:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Jer 7:8
    70%

    8“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

  • Prov 25:9
    70%

    9When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

  • Prov 24:28
    70%

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 26:26
    70%

    26Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

  • Jer 20:10
    70%

    10I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying,“Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say,“Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

  • Prov 27:10
    70%

    10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

  • Isa 59:4
    70%

    4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

  • Ps 89:41
    70%

    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

  • Ps 101:5
    70%

    5I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

  • Obad 1:12
    70%

    12You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.

  • Mic 7:2
    69%

    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Jer 8:10
    69%

    10So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

  • Ps 55:11
    69%

    11Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

  • Job 6:15
    69%

    15My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

  • Deut 19:19
    69%

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Ps 10:7
    69%

    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Nah 1:11
    69%

    11From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

  • Mic 2:3
    69%

    3Therefore the LORD says this:“Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Isa 41:6
    69%

    6They help one another; one says to the other,‘Be strong!’

  • Jer 5:11
    68%

    11For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,”says the LORD.