Psalm 101:5

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever slanders a neighbor in secret I will reduce to silence. Haughty eyes and arrogant hearts I cannot endure.

Cross References

Psalm 18:27

Toward the pure, you are pure; but to the perverse you are devious.

Psalm 15:3

Who does not slander with his tongue, does no harm to a friend, never defames a neighbor;

Proverbs 30:13

There are some—how haughty their eyes! how overbearing their glance!

Psalm 50:20

You sit and speak against your brother, slandering your mother’s son.

Titus 2:3

Similarly, older women should be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to drink, teaching what is good,

1 Corinthians 5:11

But I now write to you not to associate with anyone named a brother, if he is immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a robber, not even to eat with such a person.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Proverbs 20:19

A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.

Isaiah 2:11

The eyes of human pride shall be lowered, the arrogance of mortals shall be abased, and the Lord alone will be exalted, on that day.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Psalm 138:6

The Lord is on high, but cares for the lowly and knows the proud from afar.

1 Samuel 2:3

Speak boastfully no longer, Do not let arrogance issue from your mouths. For an all-knowing God is the Lord, a God who weighs actions.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Exodus 23:1

You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

1 Timothy 3:11

Women, similarly, should be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in everything.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked will fail.