Proverbs 11:12

The Message

Mean-spirited slander is heartless; quiet discretion accompanies good sense.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:36

The people were silent. No one spoke a word for the king had ordered, “Don’t anyone say a word—not one word!”

Proverbs 10:19

The more talk, the less truth; the wise measure their words.

Proverbs 11:11

When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes; evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.

Proverbs 11:13

A gadabout gossip can’t be trusted with a secret, but someone of integrity won’t violate a confidence.

Proverbs 14:21

It’s criminal to ignore a neighbor in need, but compassion for the poor—what a blessing!

Luke 16:14

When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance. What society sees and calls monumental, God sees through and calls monstrous. God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John; Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news and compelling invitation to every man and woman. The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve before a single letter of God’s Law wears out. Using the legalities of divorce as a cover for lust is adultery; Using the legalities of marriage as a cover for lust is adultery.

Luke 18:9

He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.’

Judges 9:38

Zebul said, “Where is that big mouth of yours now? You who said, ‘And who is Abimelech that we should take orders from him?’ Well, there he is with the troops you ridiculed. Here’s your chance. Fight away!”