Today’s Daily Devotions: Do Not Trust A Neighbor; Put No Confidence In A Friend. Even With The Woman Who Lies In Your Embrace

Micah 7

Israel’s Misery

1 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs that I crave.

2 The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire they all conspire together.

4 The best of them is like a brier,the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
The day God visits you has come, the day your watchmen sound the alarm.Now is the time of your confusion.

5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend.
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.

6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

7 But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.

Source: Bible gateway

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