Jeremiah 9:4
Jeremiah chapter 9 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Context
v.3And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
v.4This passage
v.5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 10:17
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;
- Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
- 1 Peter 2:1
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- Matthew 10:34
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
- Genesis 27:35
And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.
- Matthew 10:21
And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.