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Beware of your neighbours,
    and put no trust in any of your kin;[a]
for all your kin[b] are supplanters,
    and every neighbour goes around like a slanderer.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:4 Heb in a brother
  2. Jeremiah 9:4 Heb for every brother

They all deceive their neighbours,
    and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongues to speak lies;
    they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent.[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 9:5 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they weary themselves with iniquity. Your dwelling

Put no trust in a friend,
    have no confidence in a loved one;
guard the doors of your mouth
    from her who lies in your embrace;

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