14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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14 and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

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14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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14 So I counsel younger widows to marry,(A) to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.(B)

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21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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21 The tongue has the power of life and death,(A)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.(B)

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The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

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19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

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19 They shall fine him a hundred shekels[a] of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:19 That is, about 2 1/2 pounds or about 1.2 kilograms

23 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Laws of Justice and Mercy

23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)

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16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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