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

General references

Bible References

Ye heed

For even your relatives, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you, even they call {loudly} after you. You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.

They speak falseness {to each other}. [With] flattering lips, [with] {a double heart} they speak.

Destruction [is] within it, and oppression and deceit do not depart from its public square.

On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but {inside} he will harbor deceit.

Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.

But beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils, and they will flog you in their synagogues.

And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death [some] of you.

Every brother

And he said, "Your brother came in deceit and took your blessing."

And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

not to transgress and to exploit his brother in the matter, because the Lord [is] the one who avenges concerning all these [things], just as also we told you beforehand and testified solemnly.

Walk

All of them [are] stubborn rebels, going about [talking] slander. [They are] bronze and iron, they [are] all behaving corruptly.

You shall not go [about with] slander among your people; {you shall not endanger your neighbor's life}; I [am] Yahweh.

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

There are six [things] Yahweh hates, and seven [things are] abominations of his soul:

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

[Like] a club and sword and a sharp arrow [is] a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Slanderous men are {among you} to shed blood, and they, {among you}, eat upon the mountains; they do wickedness in the midst of you.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

General references

Then she put his garment beside her until his master came to his house.

So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me what makes your strength so great, and with what can you be tied up to subdue you?"

Why do you cause me to see evil [while] you look at trouble? Destruction and violence happen before me; contention and strife arise.

And the Jews also joined in the attack, asserting these [things] were so.