Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Mic 7:5

“Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.”

“Trust ye not in a friend--Faith is kept nowhere: all to a man are treacherous (Jer 9:2-6). When justice is perverted by the great, faith nowhere is safe. So, in gospel times of persecution, "a man's foes are they of his own household" (Mat 10:35-36; Luk 12:53). guide--a counsellor [CALVIN] able to help and advise (compare Psa 118:8-9; Psa 146:3). The head of your family, to whom all the members of the family would naturally repair in emergencies. Similarly the Hebrew is translated in Jos 22:14 and "chief friends" in Pro 16:28 [GROTIUS]. her that lieth in thy bosom--thy wife (Deu 13:6).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.