Then Lavan and Betu'el answered, *The thing proceeds from the LORD. We can't speak to you bad or good.
2 Samuel 13:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Avshalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Avshalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had humbled his sister Tamar. American Standard Version (1901) And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. Common English Bible Absalom never spoke to Amnon, good word or bad, because he hated him for raping his sister Tamar. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet Absalom did not speak to Amnon, neither good nor evil. For Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Absalom spoke not to Amnon neither good nor evil: for Absalom hated Amnon because he had ravished his sister Thamar. |
Then Lavan and Betu'el answered, *The thing proceeds from the LORD. We can't speak to you bad or good.
God came to Lavan, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, *Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Ya`akov either good or bad.*
It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Ya`akov either good or bad.'
He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
*If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.
But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.
unlike Kayin, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.