Jeremiah 9:4

New King James Version

“Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

Psalm 15:3

He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 25:18

A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 6:16

These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

Isaiah 59:13

In transgressing and lying against the Lord, And departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously with one another By profaning the covenant of the fathers?

Matthew 10:17

But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:21

“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

Luke 21:16

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

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.