Job 6:15
“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,
Jeremiah 15:18
Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook
With water that is unreliable?
Psalm 38:11
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
Psalm 41:9
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
Job 19:19
“All the men of my council hate me;
Those I love have turned against me.
Psalm 55:12-14
For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.
Psalm 88:18
Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.
Jeremiah 9:4-5
“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 30:14
‘All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you;
They do not seek and long for you.
For I have injured you with the wound of an enemy,
With the punishment of a cruel and merciless foe,
Because your guilt is great
And your sins are glaring and innumerable.
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.
John 13:18
John 16:32
Jude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My brethren
As the stream
Bible References
My brethren
“All the men of my council hate me;
Those I love have turned against me.
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
Even my own close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me [betraying me].
For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
Then I could bear it;
Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—
Then I could hide from him.
Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.
“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.
‘All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you;
They do not seek and long for you.
For I have injured you with the wound of an enemy,
With the punishment of a cruel and merciless foe,
Because your guilt is great
And your sins are glaring and innumerable.
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.
As the stream
Why has my pain been perpetual
And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me like a deceptive brook
With water that is unreliable?