Micah 7:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
Read Micah 7:5 in the flow of Micah7 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Micah7 to see the surrounding context.
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 7:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:17She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
- Judges 16:5The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
- Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Psalms 38:14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
- Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
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