Jeremiah 9:4

New International Version

“Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.

Cross References

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all hardened rebels, going about to slander. They are bronze and iron; they all act corruptly.

Matthew 10:21

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

Leviticus 19:16

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 12:6

Your relatives, members of your own family— even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

Proverbs 25:18

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

Psalm 15:3

whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.

Luke 21:16

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.

Matthew 10:17

Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:

Psalm 101:5

Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

Isaiah 59:13

rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them.

Malachi 2:10

Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.