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 my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
Psalm 38:11
Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.
Psalm 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
Psalm 55:12
Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.
Psalm 88:18
You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
Jeremiah 9:4
Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
Jeremiah 30:14
All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
John 13:18
"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.'
John 16:32
Look, a time is coming -- and has come -- when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
As the stream
Jeremiah 15:18
Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?"
Jude 1:12
These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit -- twice dead, uprooted;