Micah 7:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

Don't believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone must be on guard against their friends, and no one can trust their relatives; for all relatives are as deceitful as Jacob, and everyone slanders their friends.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

Psalm 41:9

Even my best friend, the one I trusted most, the one who shared my food, has turned against me.

Psalm 141:3

Lord, place a guard at my mouth, a sentry at the door of my lips.

Lamentations 1:2

All night long she cries; tears run down her cheeks. Of all her former friends, not one is left to comfort her. Her allies have betrayed her and are all against her now.

Judges 14:17

She cried about it for the whole seven days of the feast. But on the seventh day he told her what the riddle meant, for she nagged him so about it. Then she told the Philistines.

Psalm 38:14

I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.

Jeremiah 9:3

They are always ready to tell lies; dishonesty instead of truth rules the land. The Lord says, “My people do one evil thing after another and do not acknowledge me as their God.”