Jeremiah 9:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ 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 go about with slanders.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Let everyone beware of his neighbor and put no trust in any brother. For every brother is an utter and complete supplanter (one who takes by the heel and trips up, a deceiver, a Jacob), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. [Gen. 25:26.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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 go about with slanders.

Common English Bible

⁴ Be wary of your friends! Don’t trust your sibling! Every sibling is a cheater, and every friend traffics in slander.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Let each one guard himself against his neighbor, and let him have no trust in any brother of his. For every brother will utterly overthrow, and every friend will advance deceitfully.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Jeremiah 9:4 Cross References

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Psalm 101:5

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: Him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Psalm 15:3

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 25:18

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 6:16

There be six things which the LORD hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Isaiah 59:13

in transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Isaiah 9:16

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

Ezekiel 22:9

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood: and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

Matthew 10:21

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Luke 21:16

But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.