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Bible Verses About backstabbing

16 key scriptures

Explore what the Bible says about backstabbing. This collection of 16 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Psalms 41:9
King James (KJV)Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. mine: Heb. the man of my peace lifted: Heb. magnified

16 Key Scriptures

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. mine: Heb. the man of my peace lifted: Heb. magnified
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. unpunished: Heb. held innocent
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; dissembleth: or, is known
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. neighbour: or, friend
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
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.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. quietly: or, peaceably

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