Jeremiah 12:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Even your own family has turned against you. They act friendly, but don't trust them. They're out to get you, and so is everyone else.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:25

than can be counted— so don't believe a word!

Jeremiah 9:4

Jeremiah, all your friends and relatives tell lies about you, so don't trust them.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone tells lies, and no one is sincere.

Matthew 10:21

Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed.

Jeremiah 11:21

Then the Lord said: Jeremiah, some men from Anathoth say they will kill you, if you keep on speaking for me.

Jeremiah 11:19

But then the Lord told me that they had planned to chop me down like a tree— fruit and all— so that no one would ever remember me again.

Acts 18:12

While Gallio was governor of Achaia, some of the Jewish leaders got together and grabbed Paul. They brought him into court

Jeremiah 20:10

I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so-called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Maybe Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Psalm 69:8

I am like a stranger to my relatives and like a foreigner to my own family.

Job 6:15

But you are treacherous

John 7:5

Even Jesus' own brothers had not yet become his followers.

Mark 12:12

The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.

Isaiah 31:4

The Lord All-Powerful said to me, “I will roar and attack like a fearless lion not frightened by the shouts of shepherds trying to protect their sheep. That's how I will come down and fight on Mount Zion.

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined in the attack on Paul and Silas. Then the officials tore the clothes off the two men and ordered them to be beaten with a whip.

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.

Jeremiah 9:5

They wear themselves out, always looking for a new way to cheat their friends.

Psalm 12:3

Won't you chop off all flattering tongues that brag so loudly?

Proverbs 23:8

Each bite will come back up, and all your kind words will be wasted.

Jeremiah 9:3

The Lord replied: Lies come from the mouths of my people, like arrows from a bow. With each dishonest deed their power increases, and not one of them will admit that I am God.