Jeremiah 9:4

Let euery one take heede of his neighbour, and trust you not in any brother: for euery brother will vse deceite, and euery friend will deale deceitfully,

Geneva Bible 1599

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

3And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.

5And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.

Psalms 12:2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

Psalms 55:11Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

Proverbs 4:17For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

Proverbs 6:19A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

Proverbs 25:18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

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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