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Jeremiah 9:4

FriendshipIntegrityWords and speech

2 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

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.

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

5 Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

6 You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

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BSB
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
KJV
Take 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.
WEB
“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
ASV
Take 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.
DARBY
Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
BLB
“[Let] each man take heed of his neighbor, and in any brother not trust. For every brother does utterly supplant, and every neighbor walks in slander.
ÅB
Vokt dere, hver for sin venn, og stol ikke på noen bror! For hver bror er en listig bedrager, og hver venn går omkring og baktaler.
OTB
"La enhver være på vakt mot sin nabo; stol ikke på noen bror. For hver bror forråder fullstendig, og hver venn er en baktaler.
B1930
Vokt eder, hver for sin venn, og stol ikke på nogen bror! For hver bror er en listig bedrager, og hver venn går omkring og baktaler.

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