Jeremiah 9:4

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have wrestled with God and with people. And you have won.”

Psalm 101:5

I will get rid of anyone who tells lies about their neighbor in secret. I won’t put up with anyone whose eyes and heart are proud.

Psalm 15:3

They don’t tell lies about other people. They don’t do wrong to their neighbors. They don’t say anything bad about them.

Proverbs 10:18

Anyone who hides hatred with lying lips and spreads lies is foolish.

Proverbs 25:18

A person who is a false witness against a neighbor is like a club, a sword or a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 4:16

Sinners can’t rest until they do what is evil. They can’t sleep until they make someone sin.

Proverbs 4:17

They do evil just as easily as they eat food. They hurt others as easily as they drink wine.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates. In fact, he hates seven things.

Proverbs 6:19

He hates any witness who pours out lies and anyone who stirs up conflict in the community.

Isaiah 59:13

We’ve refused to obey the Lord. We’ve made evil plans against him. We’ve turned our backs on our God. We’ve stirred up conflict and refused to follow him. We’ve told lies that came from our own minds.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path. So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.

Jeremiah 12:6

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.

Jeremiah 6:28

All of them are used to disobeying me. They go around telling lies about others. They are like bronze mixed with iron. All of them do very sinful things.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They tell lies. With their mouths all of them speak kindly to their neighbors. But in their hearts they set traps for them.

Ezekiel 22:9

You have spread lies about others so you can spill someone’s blood. You eat at the mountain temples. You commit impure acts.

Leviticus 19:16

“ ‘Do not go around spreading lies among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that puts your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:10

People of Judah, all of us have one Father. One God created us. So why do we break the covenant the Lord made with our people of long ago? We do this by being unfaithful to one another.

Matthew 10:17

Watch out! You will be handed over to the local courts. You will be whipped in the synagogues.

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.

Luke 21:16

Even your parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends will hand you over to the authorities. The authorities will put some of you to death.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

None of you should sin against your brother or sister by doing that. You should not take advantage of your brother or sister. The Lord will punish everyone who commits these kinds of sins. We have already told you and warned you about this.