Proverbs 25:9

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When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:13 : 13 The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
  • Matt 18:5-9 : 5 And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. 6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come. 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. 10 The Parable of the Lost Sheep“See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. 12 What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost. 15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Prov 25:10
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    10lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

  • Prov 24:27-29
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    78%

    27Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.

    28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

    29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

  • Prov 3:28-30
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    28Do not say to your neighbor,“Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.

    29Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

    30Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.

  • Prov 25:17
    75%

    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 20:19
    74%

    19The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

  • Prov 11:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.

    13The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

  • Prov 18:17
    73%

    17The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.

  • Prov 27:2
    73%

    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

  • Job 15:8
    72%

    8Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

  • Prov 6:3
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    3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

  • Exod 20:16
    72%

    16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  • Deut 5:20
    71%

    20You must not offer false testimony against another.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Lev 19:16-17
    2 verses
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    16You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the LORD.

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

  • Prov 5:9
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    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Ps 15:3
    71%

    3He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

  • Prov 27:10
    71%

    10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

  • Prov 29:24
    71%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
    71%

    30And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

  • Prov 17:9
    70%

    9The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Prov 23:9
    70%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

  • Prov 26:19
    70%

    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Jer 9:4
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    4Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Job 13:9-10
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    9Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?

    10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

  • Matt 18:15
    70%

    15Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

  • Matt 5:25
    69%

    25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

  • Luke 8:17
    69%

    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

  • Prov 27:5
    69%

    5Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Job 13:20
    69%

    20Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:

  • Job 15:6
    69%

    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you.

  • Job 22:21
    69%

    21“Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

  • Prov 30:10
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    10Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

  • Exod 22:10
    69%

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

  • Ps 31:20
    68%

    20You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.