Micah 7:5
Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.
Jeremiah 9:4
“Let everyone beware of his neighbor
And do not trust any brother.
For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],
And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Judges 16:5-20
So the [five] lords (governors) of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Persuade him, and see where his great strength lies and [find out] how we may overpower him so that we may bind him to subdue him. And each of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
Job 6:14-15
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Matthew 10:16
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Ye not in
“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
“Let everyone beware of his neighbor
And do not trust any brother.
For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],
And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
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General references
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger,
But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.
Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
And