Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
My brethren
As the stream
Bible References
My brethren
Job 19:19 All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.
and those I love have turned against me.
Psalm 38:11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
and my relatives stand at a distance.
Psalm 41:9 Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.
Psalm 55:12 Now it is not an enemy who insults me—
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
otherwise I could bear it;
it is not a foe who rises up against me—
otherwise I could hide from him.
Psalm 88:18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.
darkness is my only friend.
Jeremiah 9:4 Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
Jeremiah 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you;
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline of someone cruel,
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.
Micah 7:5 Do not rely on a friend;
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
John 13:18 I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.
John 16:32 Look: An hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
As the stream
Jeremiah 15:18 Why has my pain become unending,
my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
You truly have become like a mirage to me—
water that is not reliable.
my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
You truly have become like a mirage to me—
water that is not reliable.
Jude 1:12
These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;