Jeremiah 9:4

Each of his friend — beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,

Young's Literal Translation

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 bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:28And he saith, 'Thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast been a prince with God and with men, and dost prevail.'

Psalms 12:2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

Psalms 55:11Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

Proverbs 4:17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

Proverbs 6:19A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

Proverbs 25:18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

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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