Jer 12:5-6, 20:10, Mic 7:6, Mat 10:21, 34-36, Luk 4:24 | ESV | STEP | If you have raced with men on foot , and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses ? And if in a safe land you are so trusting , what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan ?

5 “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in ^athe thicket of the Jordan?
6 For ^beven your brothers and the house of your father,
^ceven they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
^ddo not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”

Jeremiah 20:10

10 ^eFor I hear many whispering.
^fTerror is on every side!
“Denounce him! ^gLet us denounce him!”
say all my ^hclose friends,
ⁱwatching for ^jmy fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then ^kwe can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

Micah 7:6

6 for ^lthe son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
^ma man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

Matthew 10:21

21 ⁿBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

Matthew 10:34-36

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 ^o“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ^pI have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 ^qFor I have come ^rto set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 ^sAnd a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.

Luke 4:24

24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, ^tno prophet is acceptable in his hometown.