Jeremiah 12:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thy brethren

Yea

Acts 21:28

Though

Psalm 12:2

Proverbs 26:25

Matthew 22:16

General references

Matthew 10:36

Mark 6:4

Bible References

Thy brethren

Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

And because his brothers saw that Joseph was dearer to his father than all the others, they were full of hate for him, and would not say a kind word to him.

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.

Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

For even his brothers had no belief in him.

Yea

For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

Though

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

General references

And a man will be hated by those of his house.

And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.