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13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
View on BibleGateway19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
View on BibleGateway29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
View on BibleGateway28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
View on BibleGateway1 "You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
View on BibleGateway2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
View on BibleGateway20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
View on BibleGateway5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
View on BibleGateway26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
View on BibleGateway20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
View on BibleGateway5 My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die and his name perish?"
View on BibleGateway13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
View on BibleGateway16 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.
View on BibleGateway11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
View on BibleGateway12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray." 13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
View on BibleGateway6 A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. 7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
View on BibleGateway19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
View on BibleGateway9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, 10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
View on BibleGateway9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
View on BibleGateway23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
View on BibleGateway18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
View on BibleGateway16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
View on BibleGateway3 Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!
View on BibleGateway5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
View on BibleGateway20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
View on BibleGateway5 My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die and his name perish?"
View on BibleGateway1 "You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
View on BibleGateway16 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.
View on BibleGateway16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
View on BibleGateway18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
View on BibleGateway19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
View on BibleGateway13 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
View on BibleGateway28 A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.
View on BibleGateway6 A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. 7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
View on BibleGateway19 Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
View on BibleGateway23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.
View on BibleGateway9 Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, 10 lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.
View on BibleGateway20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
View on BibleGateway12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray." 13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
View on BibleGateway29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
View on BibleGateway29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
View on BibleGateway13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
View on BibleGateway2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
View on BibleGateway26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
View on BibleGateway11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
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