Micah 7:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ Trust no friend, rely on no companion, guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your 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.

Micah 7:5 Cross References

Psalm 141:3

O יהוה, set a guard for my mouth; Watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 38:14

I am like a man who does not hear, And who has no rebukes in his mouth.

Psalm 41:9

Even my own friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone beware of his neighbour and not trust any brother. For every brother catches by the heel, and every neighbour walks with slanderers.

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps bitterly at night, And her tears are upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no comforter for her. All her friends have betrayed her, They have become her enemies.

Matthew 10:16

“See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Judges 14:17

And she had wept before him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it came to be on the seventh day that he informed her, because she pressed him so much. She then explained the riddle to the sons of her people.