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 abandon (turn away from) the fear of the Almighty.

Psalm 118:8-9


It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Ye not in

Job 6:14

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not abandon (turn away from) the fear of the Almighty.
Psalm 118:8

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
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.
Matthew 10:16
“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

Keep

Judges 16:5
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.”

General references

Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies and with what you may be bound and subdued.”
Psalm 118:8

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
Proverbs 29:11

A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger,
But a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back.
Isaiah 59:14

Justice is pushed back,
And righteous behavior stands far away;
For truth has fallen in the city square,
And integrity cannot enter.
Matthew 10:35
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Mark 13:12
Brother will betray brother to [be put to] death, and a father [will hand over] his child; and children will rise up and take a stand against parents and have them put to death.
Luke 12:52
for from now on five in one household will be divided [over Me], three against two and two against three.
Luke 22:21
But listen, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.
John 7:5
For not even His brothers believed in Him.