Jeremiah 9:4 Cross References - BSB

⁴ “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

³⁵ But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” ³⁶ So Esau declared, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me?”

²⁸ Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

¹⁶ You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

² They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. ³ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.

³ who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

¹¹ Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets. ¹² For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

¹⁶ There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

¹⁹ a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

¹⁸ The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁸ Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

²⁴ A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart. ²⁵ When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

²⁸ All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.

⁶ Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.

⁹ Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

⁵ Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. ⁶ For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

²¹ Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

³⁴ Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

⁶ and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

¹ Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. ² Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,