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Jeremiah 9

Jer. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take ye heed
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
every one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of his φneighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, and trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
ye not in any brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
: for every brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
will utterly
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
supplant
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
, and every neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
will walk
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
with slanders
rakiyl (Hebrew #7400)
from 7402 a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
KJV usage: slander, carry tales, talebearer.
Pronounce: raw-keel'
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or, friend.

Cross References

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ye heed.
Jer. 12:6• 6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good words unto thee. (Jer. 12:6)
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Psa. 12:2‑3• 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.
 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things, (Psa. 12:2‑3)
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Psa. 55:11‑12• 11Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
 12For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me--then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me--then would I have hidden myself from him; (Psa. 55:11‑12)
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Prov. 26:24‑25• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
 25when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. (Prov. 26:24‑25)
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Mic. 7:5‑6• 5Believe 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.
 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man's enemies are the men of his own household. (Mic. 7:5‑6)
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Matt. 10:17,21,34‑35• 17But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;
 21But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;
 34Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
 35For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law; (Matt. 10:17,21,34‑35)
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Luke 21:16• 16But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you, (Luke 21:16)
neighbour.
or, friend.
every brother.
Gen. 27:35‑36• 35And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and has taken away thy blessing.
 36And he said, Is it not therefore he was named Jacob, for he has supplanted me now twice? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? (Gen. 27:35‑36)
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Gen. 32:28• 28And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:28)
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1 Thess. 4:6• 6not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified. (1 Thess. 4:6)
walk.
Jer. 6:28• 28They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. (Jer. 6:28)
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Lev. 19:16• 16Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah. (Lev. 19:16)
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Psa. 15:3• 3He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour; (Psa. 15:3)
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Prov. 6:16,19• 16These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:16,19)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. (Prov. 25:18)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness; (Ezek. 22:9)
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1 Peter 2:1‑2• 1Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,
 2as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation, (1 Peter 2:1‑2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.