Micah 7:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Trust not in a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. [Luke 12:51-53.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Common English Bible

⁵ Don’t rely on a friend; put no trust in a companion; guard the doors of your mouth from she who lies in your embrace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Do not be willing to believe a friend. And do not be willing to confide in a commander. From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

Micah 7:5 Cross References

Psalm 141:3

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Psalm 38:14

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Psalm 41:9

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:4

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.

Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Judges 14:17

And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.