Jeremiah 9:4
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 walk with slanders.
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Genesis 32:28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.
Psalms 12:2They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Psalms 55:11Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 25:18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and 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 →