Jeremiah 9:4 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
4Take 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.
5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Proverbs 25:19
Both verses warn against trusting in deceitful people.
Matthew 10:36
Jesus speaks of familial betrayal, similar to the warning here.
Galatians 6:7
Emphasizes that one reaps what they sow, relevant to the theme of deceit.
Source: Jeremiah 9:4