Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:5

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5. Trust ye not in a friend —Faith is kept nowhere: all to a man are treacherous ( :- ). When justice is perverted by the great, faith nowhere is safe. So, in gospel times of persecution, "a man's foes are they of his own household" ( Matthew 10:35 ; Matthew 10:36 ; Luke 12:53 ). guide —a counsellor [CALVIN] able to help and advise (compare Psalms 118:8 ; Psalms 118:9 ; Psalms 146:3 ). The head of your family, to whom all the members of the family would naturally repair in emergencies. Similarly the Hebrew is translated in Joshua 22:14 and "chief friends" in Joshua 22:14- : [GROTIUS]. her that lieth in thy bosom —thy wife ( Deuteronomy 13:6 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/mic-7-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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