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Micah 7:5

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּאֲמִ֣ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuyou believeH539 →
בְרֵ֔עַve.Re.a'in a neighborH7453 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּבְטְח֖וּtiv.te.Chuyou trustH982 →
בְּאַלּ֑וּףbe.'a.Lufin a close friendH441 →
מִשֹּׁכֶ֣בֶתmi.sho.Khe.vetfrom [she who] lies ofH7901 →
חֵיקֶ֔ךָchei.Ke.chabosom yourH2436 →
שְׁמֹ֖רshe.MorguardH8104 →
פִּתְחֵי־pit.chei-[the] openings ofH6607 →
פִֽיךָ׃Fi.khamouth yourH6310 →

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Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.Psalms 141:3Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.Psalms 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.Job 6:14–15A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Judges 16:5–20The 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.”Ecclesiastes 3:7a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,Proverbs 29:11A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.1 Kings 1:2So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”Psalms 55:13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.Judges 16:17Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”Proverbs 26:25When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.Genesis 29:23But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.Lamentations 1:2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.Psalms 38:14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.2 Samuel 12:3but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.1 Samuel 14:1One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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