Psalms 101:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

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  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth? 4 Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low. 6 For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him: 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause; 18 A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin; 19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.
  • Ps 10:2-4 : 2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention. 3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him. 4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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    3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

    4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

  • Ps 101:6-8
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    6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

    7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

    8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.

  • Ps 15:2-4
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    2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

    4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

  • Ps 12:3
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    3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

  • Ps 5:5-6
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    5 The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

    6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

  • Isa 57:17
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    17 I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.

  • Job 31:29
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    29 If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Prov 21:4
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    4 A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5 Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

  • Ezek 14:8
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    8 And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Prov 6:17
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    17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

  • Isa 13:11
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    11 And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.

  • Jer 9:4
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    4 Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Ps 41:7
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    7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10 The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

  • Prov 8:13
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    13 The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

  • Ps 10:6-8
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    6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

    8 He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 15:25
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    25 The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

  • Ps 140:9
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    9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 34:16
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    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Amos 2:3
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    3 And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

  • Ps 89:41
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    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Job 40:12
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    12 His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.

  • Ps 140:5
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    5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Ps 26:5
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    5 I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

  • Ps 52:5
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    5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

  • Jer 50:32
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    32 And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.