Jeremiah 9:4

New Century Version

“Watch out for your friends, and don’t trust your own relatives, because every relative is a cheater, and every friend tells lies about you.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

Psalm 101:5

If anyone secretly says things against his neighbor, I will stop him. I will not allow people to be proud and look down on others.

Psalm 15:3

and do not tell lies about others. They do no wrong to their neighbors and do not gossip.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever hides hate is a liar. Whoever tells lies is a fool.

Proverbs 25:18

When you lie about your neighbors, it hurts them as much as a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 4:16

because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

Proverbs 4:17

They feast on wickedness and cruelty as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand:

Proverbs 6:19

a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.

Isaiah 59:13

sinning and rejecting the Lord, turning away from our God, planning to hurt others and to disobey God, planning and speaking lies.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who led the people led them in the wrong direction, and those who followed them were destroyed.

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your own brothers and members of your own family are making plans against you. They are crying out against you. Don’t trust them, even when they say nice things to you!

Jeremiah 6:28

All my people have turned against me and are stubborn. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze and iron that became covered with rust. They all act dishonestly.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like sharp arrows. Their mouths speak lies. Everyone speaks nicely to his neighbor, but he is secretly planning to attack him.

Ezekiel 22:9

The men in you tell lies to cause the death of others. The people in you eat food offered to idols at the mountain places of worship, and they take part in sexual sins.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not spread false stories against other people, and you must not do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:10

We all have the same father; the same God made us. So why do people break their promises to each other and show no respect for the agreement our ancestors made with God?

Matthew 10:17

Be careful of people, because they will arrest you and take you to court and whip you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:21

“Brothers will give their own brothers to be killed, and fathers will give their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them put to death.

Luke 21:16

Even your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends will turn against you, and they will kill some of you.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

Also, do not wrong or cheat another Christian in this way. The Lord will punish people who do those things as we have already told you and warned you.