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One who secretly slanders a neighbor
    I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
    I will not tolerate.(A)

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Whoever slanders their neighbor(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

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27 For you deliver a humble people,
    but the haughty eyes you bring down.(A)

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27 You save the humble(A)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.(B)

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who do not slander with their tongue
    and do no evil to their friends
    nor heap shame upon their neighbors;(A)

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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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13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
    how high their eyelids lift!—(A)

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13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(A)
    whose glances are so disdainful;

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20 You sit and speak against your kin;
    you slander your own mother’s child.(A)

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20 You sit and testify against your brother(A)
    and slander your own mother’s son.

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In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders.[a] And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(A)

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.

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  1. 5.5 Or of those who are older

In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(A) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(B) toward one another, because,

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](C)

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(D)

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  1. 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34

Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,(A)

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Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers(A) or addicted to much wine,(B) but to teach what is good.

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11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler. Do not even eat with such a one.

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11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[a](A) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(B) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.

14 I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other, for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)

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Your proud heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
    whose dwelling is in the heights.
You say in your heart,
    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”(A)
Though you soar aloft like the eagle,
    though your nest is set among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,
            says the Lord.(B)

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  1. 3 Or clefts of Sela

The pride(A) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](B)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(C)
Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest(D) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”(E)
declares the Lord.(F)

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  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,

for all his works are truth,
    and his ways are justice;
he is able to bring low
    those who walk in pride.(A)

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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt(A) and glorify(B) the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.(C) And those who walk in pride(D) he is able to humble.(E)

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19 A gossip reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with a babbler.(A)

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19 A gossip betrays a confidence;(A)
    so avoid anyone who talks too much.

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In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst.(A)

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In you are slanderers(A) who are bent on shedding blood;(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(C) and commit lewd acts.(D)

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