Jeremiah 9:4

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Summary

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

Walk

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Bible References

Ye heed

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

Every brother

And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Walk

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

And the Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that these things were so.