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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!
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Verse 5. Bosom. In times of general distress, even domestics are not trusted; because all are solicitous for themselves, even to the prejudice of others. Worthington.—Before the ruin of Israel civil wars raged. 4 Kennicott. 15. Our Saviour alludes to this passage. Matthew 10:35. Lu. 12:52 and 21:16. People will rise up to oppress true believers; and these must abandon their nearest relations, when they prove an obstacle to salvation. Thus is the moral, and the other the literal sense. Calmet.
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