Micah 7:5 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Micah 7:4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

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

Micah 7:6 For the son dishonoureth 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 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trust", "friend", "confidence", "guide", "keep", "doors", "mouth", and "lieth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trust" and "friend", 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 dishonoureth the father the...", so "trust" and "friend" 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 "friend" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.