Micah 7:5
Cross References

Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

Psalm 41:9
For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

Psalm 141:3
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.

Jeremiah 9:4
Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Lamentations 1:2
Beth. Weeping, she hath wept in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: there is none to comfort her among all them that were dear to her: all her friends have despised her, and are become her enemies.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

ye not in.

Job 6:14,15 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. . . .

Psalm 118:8,9 It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man. . . .

Jeremiah 9:4 Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

keep.

Judges 16:5-20 And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. . . .

Context
Israel's Great Misery
4He that is best among them, is as a brier, and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction. 5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.6For the son dishonoureth the father, and the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man's enemies are they of his own household.…
Lexicon
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

rely
תַּאֲמִ֣ינוּ (ta·’ă·mî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 539: To confirm, support

on a friend;
בְרֵ֔עַ (ḇə·rê·a‘)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

trust
תִּבְטְח֖וּ (tiḇ·ṭə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in a companion.
בְּאַלּ֑וּף (bə·’al·lūp̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 441: Familiar, a friend, gentle, a bullock, a chieftain

Seal
שְׁמֹ֖ר (šə·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the doors
פִּתְחֵי־ (piṯ·ḥê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

of your mouth
פִֽיךָ׃ (p̄î·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

from her who lies
מִשֹּׁכֶ֣בֶת (miš·šō·ḵe·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

in your arms.
חֵיקֶ֔ךָ (ḥê·qe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2436: The bosom


Additional Translations
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.Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.

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.

Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

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.

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.

Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
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