Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?” Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.
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 humble.
Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him. Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand.
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.
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.
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