Jeremiah 9:4

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

World English Bible Classic

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“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

5Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

Psalms 55:11Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

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

Proverbs 6:19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 25:18A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

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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