Verse 12

A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:21 : 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym.
• Luke 18:9 : 9 And he tolde this parable vnto certayne which trusted in them selues, that they were perfect, and despised other.
• John 7:48-52 : 48 Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym? 49 But this common people which know not the lawe, are cursed. 50 Nicodemus sayth vnto the, he that came to Iesus by nyght, and was one of them: 51 Doth our lawe iudge any man, before it heare hym, and knowe what he hath done? 52 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Art thou also of Galilee? Search & loke: For out of Galilee aryseth no prophete.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.
• Judg 9:27-29 : 27 And they went out into the fieldes, and gathered in their grapes, & trode them, and made mery, & went into the house of their god, and dyd eate and drinke, and cursed Abimelech. 28 And Gaal the sonne of Obed sayde: what is Abimelech? & what is Sichem, that we shoulde serue him? Is he not the sonne of Ierobaal? & Zebul is his officer? Serue such as come of Hemor the father of Sichem: for what reason is it that we shoulde serue him? 29 Woulde God this people were vnder my hande, then would I take Abimelech out of ye way. And he spake against Abimelech: Make thine hoast greater, and go out.
• Judg 9:38 : 38 Then sayd Zebul vnto him: Where is nowe thy mouth that said, what felowe is Abimelech, that we should serue him? Is not this the people that thou hast despysed? Go out now & fight with the.
• 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the children of Belial sayd: Howe shall he saue vs? And they despised him, and, brought him no presentes: And he helde his tongue.
• 2 Kgs 18:36 : 36 But the people held their peace, and aunswered not him a word: for the king had commaunded, saying: Aunswere hym not.
• Neh 4:2-4 : 2 And sayde before his brethren and the souldiers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? will the heathen suffer them? shall they offer? shal they perfourme it in one day? shal they make the stones whole againe that are brought to dust and brent? 3 And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and sayde: Though they buyld, yet if a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe their stony wall. 4 Heare O thou our God, for we are despised, turne their shame vpon their owne head, & geue them ouer into despising in the lande of their captiuitie.
• Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Haue mercy vpon vs O God, haue mercy vpon vs: for we haue suffered enough of dispite. 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy: and with the dispitefulnes of the proude.
• Prov 10:19 : 19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.