Jeremiah 9:4 Cross References - ISV

⁴ “Beware of your neighbors, and don’t trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.

³⁵ Isaac replied, “Your brother came here deceitfully and stole your blessing.”
³⁶ Then he said, “Isn’t his name rightly called Jacob?” Esau asked. “He has circumvented me this second time. First, he took away my birthright, and now, look how he also stole my blessing.” Then he added, “Haven’t you reserved a blessing for me?”

²⁸ “Your name won’t be Jacob anymore,” the man replied, “but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you’ve emerged victorious.”

¹⁶ Social Responsibility“You are not to go around slandering your people.
“You are not to stand idle when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

² Everyone speaks lies to his neighbor; they speak with flattering lips and hidden motives. ³ The LORD will cut off all slippery lips, and the tongue that boasts great things,

³ The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend’s reputation.

¹¹ Wickedness is at the center of it; fraud and lies never leave its streets. ¹² For it is not an enemy who insults me— I could have handled that— nor is it someone who hates me and who now arises against me— I could have hidden myself from him—

¹⁶ What God HatesHere are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, are detestable to him:

¹⁹ a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

¹⁸ Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

¹⁸ A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow— that’s what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

²⁴ Someone who hates hides behind his words, harboring deceit within himself. ²⁵ Though he speaks graciously, don’t believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

²⁸ All of them are very rebellious, going around as slanderers. They’re bronze and iron, and all of them are corrupt.

⁶ Indeed, even your brothers and your father’s family conspire against you. Even they cry out after you loudly. Don’t believe them, even though they speak friendly words to you.

⁹ Slanderous men live among you, intent on shedding blood. They’ve eaten at the top of mountain shrines. They’ve crafted plans to do evil things among you.

⁵ Don’t trust your friends, don’t confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife. ⁶ The son disrespects his father, the daughter rebels against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man’s enemies are the people of his own house.

¹⁷ Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.

²¹ “Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.

³⁴ Not Peace, but Division
“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword! ³⁵ I came to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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

⁶ Furthermore, you must never take advantage of or exploit a brother in this regard, because the Lord avenges all these things, just as we already told you and warned you.

¹ Live as God’s Chosen PeopleTherefore, rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind of slander. ² Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation.