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.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all the worst [kind] of [stiff-necked, godless] rebels,
Going around spreading slander.
They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron;
They are all corrupt.

Jeremiah 12:6

“For even your [tribal] brothers and the household of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously (unfaithfully) with you;
Indeed they are [like a pack of hounds] howling after you.
Do not believe them, although they may say kind words and promise you good things.”

Micah 7:5-6

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.

Genesis 27:35-36

Isaac said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has [fraudulently] taken away your blessing [for himself].”

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Proverbs 10:18

He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 26:24-25

He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
But he stores up deceit in his heart.

Genesis 32:28

And He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Psalm 12:2-3

They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 55:11-12

Destruction is within her;
Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets and market places.

Proverbs 6:16

These six things the Lord hates;
Indeed, seven are repulsive to Him:

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow
Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.

Matthew 10:17

Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;

Matthew 10:21

“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put death.

Matthew 10:34-35

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].

Luke 21:16

But you will be betrayed and handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and that [in this matter of sexual misconduct] no man shall transgress and defraud his brother because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we have told you before and solemnly warned you.

1 Peter 2:1-2

So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;

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Summary

Jeremiah 9:4

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Ye heed

Luke 21:16

Every brother

Genesis 27:35

Genesis 32:28

1 Thessalonians 4:6

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