Jeremiah 12:6

New International Reader's Version

Even your relatives have turned against you. They are members of your own family. They have shouted loudly at you. They might say nice things about you. But do not trust them.

Cross References

Job 6:15

But my friends have stopped being kind to me. They are like streams that only flow for part of the year. They are like rivers that flow over their banks

Psalm 12:2

Everyone tells lies to their neighbors. With their lips they praise others, but they don’t really mean it.

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord close all lips that don’t mean what they say. May he stop every tongue that brags.

Psalm 69:8

I’m an outsider to my own family. I’m a stranger to my own mother’s children.

Proverbs 23:8

You will throw up what little you have eaten. You will have wasted your words of praise.

Proverbs 26:25

Even though what they say can be charming, don’t believe them. That’s because seven things God hates fill that person’s heart.

Isaiah 31:4

The Lord says to me, “A powerful lion stands over its food and growls. A lot of shepherds can be brought together to drive it away. But the lion is not frightened by their shouts. It is not upset by the noise they make. In the same way, I will come down from heaven. I will fight on Mount Zion and on its hills. Nothing will drive me away. I am the Lord who rules over all.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Jeremiah 11:21

The Lord says, “Jeremiah, here is what I am telling you about the people of Anathoth. They say they’re going to kill you. They are saying, ‘Don’t prophesy in the Lord’s name. If you do, we will kill you with our own hands.’ ”

Jeremiah 20:10

I hear many people whispering, “There is terror on every side! Bring charges against Jeremiah! Let’s bring charges against him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip. They are saying, “Perhaps he will be tricked into making a mistake. Then we’ll win out over him. We’ll get even with him.”

Jeremiah 9:2

I wish I had somewhere to go in the desert where a traveler could stay! Then I could leave my people. I could get away from them. All of them commit adultery by worshiping other gods. They aren’t faithful to the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:3

“They get ready to use their tongues like bows,” announces the Lord. “Their mouths shoot out lies like arrows. They tell lies to gain power in the land. They go from one sin to another. They do not pay any attention to me.

Jeremiah 9:4

Be on guard against your friends. Do not trust the members of your own family. Every one of them cheats. Every friend tells lies.

Jeremiah 9:5

One friend cheats another. No one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues how to lie. They wear themselves out sinning.

Matthew 10:21

“Brothers will hand over brothers to be killed. Fathers will hand over their children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

Mark 12:12

Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest Jesus. They knew he had told the story against them. But they were afraid of the crowd. So they left him and went away.

John 7:5

Even Jesus’ own brothers did not believe in him.

Acts 16:22

The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped and beaten with rods.

Acts 18:12

At that time Gallio was governor of Achaia. The Jews of Corinth got together and attacked Paul. They brought him into court.