9 Bible Verses about Turning Against Men

Do not rush out of the king's presence in haste -- do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.

This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them, "One of us must be helping the king of Israel."

But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!"

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the craftsmen.

Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me."

Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.