Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

As the stream

Bible References

My brethren

Job 19:19
All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
Psalm 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Psalm 41:9
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Psalm 55:12
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
Psalm 88:18
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
Jeremiah 9:4
Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they don't seek you: for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased.
Micah 7:5
Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
John 13:18
I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'
John 16:32
Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

As the stream

Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful [brook], as waters that fail?
Jude 1:12
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;