Psalms 50:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:21 : 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
  • Luke 22:65 : 65 They also said many other things against him, reviling him.
  • 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.
  • Rev 12:10 : 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.
  • 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.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 50:17-19
    3 verses
    83%

    17For you hate instruction and reject my words.

    18When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.

    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • 21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

  • 13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • Job 15:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

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

  • Prov 6:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

    20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

  • 26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

  • 4At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

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

  • 11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • 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.

  • Ps 52:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.

    3You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah)

    4You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.

  • 71%

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

    11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • 24The one who robs his father and mother and says,“There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.

  • 20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

  • 71%

    44“‘Observe– everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you:“Like mother, like daughter.”

    45You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

  • 20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

  • 17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • 27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • 6For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.

  • 7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • 19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • 20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • 5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

  • 3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • 30Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?

  • 10Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

  • 5You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people!

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    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • 15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • 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.

  • 5If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

  • 7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

  • 12Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

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

  • 21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

  • 3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

  • 2No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

  • 16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 6Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’