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Jeremiah 9:4

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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.

Take ye heed {H8104} every one {H376} of his neighbour {H7453}, and trust {H982} ye not in any brother {H251}: for every brother {H251} will utterly {H6117} supplant {H6117}, and every neighbour {H7453} will walk {H1980} with slanders {H7400}.

Everyone, be on guard against your neighbor, don't trust even a brother; for every brother is out to trick you, and every neighbor goes around gossiping.

“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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Cross-References

  • Micah 7:5 (7 votes)

    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Micah 7:6 (7 votes)

    For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

  • Jeremiah 6:28 (5 votes)

    They [are] all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: [they are] brass and iron; they [are] all corrupters.

  • Proverbs 26:24 (5 votes)

    ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

  • Proverbs 26:25 (5 votes)

    When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.

  • Leviticus 19:16 (4 votes)

    Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.

  • Psalms 12:2 (4 votes)

    They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.