Psalms 101:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.”
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“Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 101:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 2:3Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
- Job 40:11Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
- Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalms 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- Psalms 18:27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
- Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
- Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
- Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Ezekiel 22:9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
- 1 Timothy 3:11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
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