Jeremiah 9:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Bible References

Ye heed

Indeed, even your brothers and your father's family conspire against you. Even they cry out after you loudly. Don't believe them, even though they speak friendly words to you.

Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives.

Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets.

Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself.

Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.

Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

Every brother

Isaac replied, "Your brother came here deceitfully and stole your blessing."

"Your name won't be Jacob anymore," the man replied, "but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you've emerged victorious."

Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

Walk

All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They're bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.

"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.

The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend's reputation.

Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:

Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow that's what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

Slanderous men live among you, intent on shedding blood. They've eaten at the top of mountain shrines. They've crafted plans to do evil things among you.

Therefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander.

General references

She kept his outer garment by her side until Joseph's master came home,

So Delilah asked Samson, "Please tell me the secret to your great strength and how you may be tied up and tortured."

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.