Job 17:5
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If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!