Micah 7:5

New English Translation

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

Cross References

Psalm 141:3

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

Psalm 38:14

I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

Psalm 41:9

Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.

Jeremiah 9:3

The Lord says, “These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

Lamentations 1:2

She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. ג (Gimel)

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Judges 14:17

She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.