Jeremiah 9:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

But he said, "Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?"

Psalm 101:5

I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread.

Psalm 15:3

As for the saints, who are in his land: he has made all my desires wonderful in them.

Proverbs 10:18

Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who speaks false testimony against his neighbor is like a dart and a sword and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep, unless they have done evil. And their sleep is quickly taken away from them, unless they have overthrown.

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of impiety, and they drink the wine of iniquity.

Proverbs 6:16

Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:

Proverbs 6:19

a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

Isaiah 59:13

sinning and lying against the Lord. And we have turned away, not so as to go after our God, and so that we were speaking calumny and transgression. We have conceived, and spoken from the heart, words of falsehood.

Isaiah 9:16

And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even these have fought against you. And they have cried out after you with loud voice: 'You should not believe them, when they speak good things to you.' "

Jeremiah 6:28

All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a wounding arrow; it has spoken deceit. With his mouth, he speaks peace with his friend, and then he secretly lies in ambush for him.

Ezekiel 22:9

Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains within you. They have worked wickedness in your midst.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:10

Is there not one Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, does each one of us despise his brother, violating the covenant of our fathers?

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men. For they will hand you over to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:21

And brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths.

Luke 21:16

And you will be handed over by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And they will bring about the death of some of you.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.