Verse 5

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
  • Ps 50:20 : 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
  • Luke 18:14 : 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
  • Prov 6:16-19 : 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A oud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
  • Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
  • Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tabearer among thy peop: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
  • Ps 10:2-4 : 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.