Micah 7:5

Tree of Life Version

Do not trust in a friend. Do not trust in a close companion. Guard the openings of your mouth from her who lies on your breast.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:4

Everyone deceives his neighbor and does not speak the truth. They taught their tongue to speak lies. They wear themselves out doing wrong.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Psalm 41:9

“Something evil was poured into him— he will not get up again from the place where he lies.”

Psalm 141:3

Set a guard, Adonai, over my mouth. Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Lamentations 1:2

Bitterly she weeps in the night, her tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers, there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her. They have become her enemies!

Judges 14:17

But she wept before him the seven days while their banquet lasted. So it was on the seventh day he told her, because she nagged him. Then she told the riddle to the sons of her people.

Psalm 38:14

But I, like someone deaf, hear nothing, like a mute, not opening his mouth.

Jeremiah 9:3

Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.