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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He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

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He who (A)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
(B)Nor does he [a]take up a reproach against his friend;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 15:3 receive

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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28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.

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28 (A)They are all stubborn rebels, (B)walking as slanderers.
They are (C)bronze and iron,
They are all corrupters;

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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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  1. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

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“Everyone(A) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (B)walk with slanderers.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:4 friend

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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22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

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22 (A)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (B)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.

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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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By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

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by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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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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  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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20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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20 For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that (A)I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

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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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31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

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31 (A)Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, [a]clamor, and (B)evil speaking be put away from you, (C)with all malice.

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  1. Ephesians 4:31 loud quarreling