For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
Psalm 101:5 - Revised Standard Version Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, Him will I cut off: Him that hath an high look And a proud heart will not I suffer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud and arrogant heart I cannot and I will not tolerate. American Standard Version (1901) Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. Common English Bible I will destroy anyone who secretly tells lies about a neighbor. I can’t stomach anyone who has proud eyes or an arrogant heart. Catholic Public Domain Version I have been cut down like hay, and my heart has withered, for I had forgotten to eat my bread. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread. |
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.
who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
“You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.
He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.
He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and men in you who eat upon the mountains; men commit lewdness in your midst.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
But rather I wrote to you not to associate with any one who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or robber—not even to eat with such a one.
The women likewise must be serious, no slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.