Jeremiah 9:4

(9-3) Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3(9-2) And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.

5(9-4) And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28(32-29) And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'

Psalms 12:2(12-3) They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Psalms 55:11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.

Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 6:19A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 25:18As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:2-12

The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to… Read the whole commentary →

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