who does not slander with his tongue,(A)
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,(B)

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whose tongue utters no slander,(A)
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;

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28 All are stubborn rebels
spreading slander.(A)
They are bronze and iron;
all of them are corrupt.(B)

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28 They are all hardened rebels,(A)
    going about to slander.(B)
They are bronze and iron;(C)
    they all act corruptly.

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Imminent Ruin and Exile

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.(A)

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“Beware of your friends;(A)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(B)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[a](C)
    and every friend a slanderer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob

22 You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you,(A) insult you,
and slander your name as evil(B)
because of the Son of Man.(C)

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22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

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through glory(A) and dishonor,
through slander and good report;
as deceivers yet true;

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through glory and dishonor,(A) bad report(B) and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;(C)

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20 For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want;[a] there may be quarreling,(A) jealousy,(B) outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions,(C) slander,(D) gossip, arrogance, and disorder.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:20 Lit be as you want

20 For I am afraid that when I come(A) I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be.(B) I fear that there may be discord,(C) jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,(D) slander,(E) gossip,(F) arrogance(G) and disorder.(H)

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31 All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

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31 Get rid of(A) all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.(B)

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But now you must also put away(A) all the following: anger,(B) wrath,(C) malice,(D) slander,(E) and filthy language from your mouth.(F)

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But now you must also rid yourselves(A) of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander,(B) and filthy language from your lips.(C)

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to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness(A) to all people.

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to slander no one,(A) to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.

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The Living Stone and a Holy People

So rid yourselves of(A) all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.(B)

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Therefore, rid yourselves(A) of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander(B) of every kind.

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So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood[a] of wild living—and they slander you.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:4 Lit you don’t run with them into the same pouring out

They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(A)

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I know your[a] affliction and poverty, yet you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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  1. Revelation 2:9 Other mss add works and

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!(A) I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not,(B) but are a synagogue of Satan.(C)

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