{He that} backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. {taketh...: or, receiveth, or, endureth}

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Thou sittest {and} speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

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?

{There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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.

He that goeth about {as} a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. {flattereth: or, enticeth}

The aged women likewise, that {they be} in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; {holiness: or, holy women} {false...: or, one who foments strife}

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.

These six {things} doth the LORD hate: yea, seven {are} an abomination unto him: {unto...: Heb. of his soul}

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.

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.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

Though the LORD {be} high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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. {arrogancy: Heb. hard}

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}

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.

Thou shalt not go up and down {as} a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I {am} the LORD.

The north wind driveth away rain: so {doth} an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. {driveth...: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance}

Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one {that is} proud, and abase him.

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. {that...: Heb. of slanders}

He that hideth hatred {with} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, {is} a fool.

Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. {raise: or, receive}

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, {A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes}

{He that} backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. {taketh...: or, receiveth, or, endureth}

[A Song of degrees of David.] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. {exercise...: Heb. walk} {high: Heb. wonderful}

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

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Righteous lips {are} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

{There is} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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.

If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants {are} wicked.

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

He that hideth hatred {with} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, {is} a fool.

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

The north wind driveth away rain: so {doth} an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. {driveth...: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance}

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. {that...: Heb. of slanders}

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague {is}, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}

Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king {is} as an angel of God: do therefore {what is} good in thine eyes.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear {was} on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

And the king said, And where {is} thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.