He who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
Parallel translations
- KJV He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- BSB who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- NKJV He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
- NASB He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend;
- NLT Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.
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- Rom 13:10Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
- Ps 101:5–8I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
- Matt 7:12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
- Jas 4:11Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
- Lev 19:16“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
- 3 Jn 1:11Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God.
- Jer 9:4–9“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
- Exod 23:1–33“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
- 1 Pet 2:1–2Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
- Isa 56:2Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Prov 25:3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Prov 22:10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
- Rom 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Titus 3:2to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
- 1 Sam 24:11Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
- Rom 12:17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
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