Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 7:5

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

Most prodigiously treacherous were the people of that Age, and since none upright, all lay in wait for blood, and were turn'd hunters of brethren, it is but necessary caution that they trust no friendship.

Either Governour, who ought to guide, or Equal, who being of intimate Familiarity usually do guide, or a Husband, as the word imports.

Watch thy words, let not thy tongue discover any secret or utter any words which may be danger to thy self or give an advantage to thine enemy.

A Periphrasis of a wife in honest times, but whether in debauched times as these are of which the Prophet did speak, it may not import somewhat like that Prov. 5.20. I will not say; a wife one may rationally suppose will never disclose a Husbands secrets to ruine him, yet such were the Treacheries of that corrupt Age that it would be imprudence to trust a Wife.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 9.4.