“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.”
The perverted relationships: 'Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a gossip.' This verse indicates that trustworthiness has broken down: even family ('your clan') and friends are not to be trusted, for 'every one of them is a deceiver.' The phrase 'every friend a gossip' suggests that intimacy is betrayed through slander. Theologically, this verse indicates that covenant violation destroys not merely the vertical relationship with God but also horizontal relationships between people.
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