Psalms 101:5

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I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

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  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’ 4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the LORD.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. 6 And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things 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 are swift to run to evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Justice“You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 You 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.
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; 12 Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!
  • Ps 10:2-4 : 2 The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up. 3 Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD. 4 The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

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  • Ps 15:2-4
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    2Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly.

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

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    3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

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    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.

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    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

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    8I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

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    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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    11I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

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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.

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    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

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    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

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    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

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    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

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    13For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

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    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

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    41All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.

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    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

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

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    5The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.