Quotes About Betrayal

The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.

an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

ëLet us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.í

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.

A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.

Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ëI will not serve!í Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.

But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.