Micah 7:5

Trust ye not in a re'a, 1 put ye not confidence in an alluf (confidant); 1 keep the doors of thy mouth from her 1 that lieth in thy kheyk (bosom). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4The best of them is like a brier; 1 the yashar ([most] upright) is sharper than a thorn hedge; 1 the yom of thy watchmen and thy pekuddah (visitation) cometh; 1 now shall their confusion follow. 1

6For the ben dishonoureth the av, 1 the bat riseth up against her em, 1 the kallah against her chamot; 1 a manʼs enemies are the men of his own bais. 1

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Cross References

Judges 14:17And she wept before him the shivat hayamim, while their mishteh lasted; and it came to pass on the yom hashevi'i, that he told her, because of the pressing of her nagging; and she told the khidah to the bnei of her Am (People).

Job 6:14To him that is afflicted, chesed should be shown from his friend; 1 otherwise, he forsaketh the fear of Shaddai. 1

Psalms 118:8It is better to trust in Hashem 1 than to put confidence in adam. 1

Jeremiah 9:4And they will deceive every one his re'a, 1 and will not speak emes; 1 they have taught their leshon to speak sheker, 1 and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:2-7

The Sins of the People. ( b. c. 700.) 1 Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first-ripe fruit. 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his… Read the whole commentary →

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