Micah 7:5 (ASV)

Passage

Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Nearby Context

Micah 7:3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Micah 7:5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

Micah 7:6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man`s enemies are the men of his own house.

Micah 7:7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trust", "neighbor", "confidence", "friend", "keep", "doors", "mouth", and "lieth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trust" and "neighbor", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "The best of them is as a..." into verse 6's "For the son dishonoreth the father the...", so "trust" and "neighbor" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "trust" and "neighbor" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.