American King James Version
"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. "
— Micah 7:5, American King James Version
“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 neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; 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!”
“Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!”
“Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.”
“Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.”
“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.”
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. ¶
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. ¶
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.
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. ¶
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me.