Jeremiah 12:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These men are your own brothers. Members of your own family are making plans against you. People from your own family are shouting at you. Don’t trust them, even when they speak to you like friends.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:25

What they say sounds good, but don’t trust them. They are full of evil ideas.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Watch your neighbors! Don’t trust your own brothers, because every brother is a cheat. Every neighbor talks behind your back.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to their neighbors. They say whatever they think people want to hear.

Matthew 10:21

“Brothers will turn against their own brothers and hand them over to be killed. Fathers will hand over their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and will have them killed.

Jeremiah 11:21

The Lord said to me, “Those people from Anathoth are planning to take your life. They are telling you not to prophesy in the name of the Lord or they will kill you. This is what I have to say about them:

Jeremiah 11:19

Before he showed me this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not understand that they were against me. They were saying this about me: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit! Let us kill him! Then people will forget him.”

Acts 18:12

During the time that Gallio was the governor of Achaia, some of the Jews came together against Paul. They took him to court.

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear people whispering against me. Everywhere, I hear things that frighten me. Even my friends are speaking against me. People are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They are saying, “Let us lie and say that he did something bad. Maybe we can trick Jeremiah. Then we will have him. We will finally be rid of him. Then we will grab him and take our revenge on him.”

Psalm 69:8

My own brothers treat me like a stranger. They act as if I came from a foreign land.

Job 6:15

But I cannot depend on you, my brothers. You are like a stream that has no water when the weather is dry but is flooded when the rains come.

John 7:5

Jesus’ brothers said this because even they did not believe in him.

Mark 12:12

When these Jewish leaders heard this story, they knew it was about them. They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of what the crowd would do. So they left him and went away.

Isaiah 31:4

The Lord told me: “When a lion or its cub catches an animal to eat, the lion stands over the dead animal and roars, and nothing can frighten it away. If men come and yell at the lion, the lion will not be afraid. They might make a lot of noise, but the lion will not run away.” In the same way, the Lord All-Powerful will come down to Mount Zion. He will fight on that hill.

Acts 16:22

The whole crowd turned against Paul and Silas. The officials tore the clothes off both men and ordered that they be beaten with rods.

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a place in the desert— a house where travelers spend the night— so I could leave my people. I could go away from them, because they are all unfaithful to God. They have all turned against him.

Jeremiah 9:5

Everyone lies to their neighbor. No one speaks the truth. The people of Judah have taught their tongues to lie. They sinned until they were too tired to come back.

Psalm 12:3

The Lord should cut off their lying lips and cut out their bragging tongues.

Proverbs 23:8

And if you eat their food, you will get sick and be embarrassed.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They use their tongues like a bow; lies fly from their mouths like arrows. Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land. They go from one sin to another. They don’t know me.” This is what the Lord said.