Job 19:14
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14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
Psalm 38:11
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11 My loved ones and my friends (A)stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
John 13:18
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Jesus Identifies His Betrayer(A)
18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the (B)Scripture may be fulfilled, (C)‘He who eats [a]bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’
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- John 13:18 NU My bread has
Matthew 10:21
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21 (A)“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
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Micah 7:5-6
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5 (A)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (B)bosom.
6 For (C)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
Jeremiah 20:10
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10 (A)For I heard many [a]mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
(B)All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”
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- Jeremiah 20:10 slandering
Proverbs 18:24
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24 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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- Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin
Psalm 55:12-14
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12 (A)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has (B)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
13 But it was you, a man my equal,
(C)My companion and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And (D)walked to the house of God in the throng.
2 Samuel 16:23
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23 Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel (A)both with David and with Absalom.
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