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I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.
    I will not endure conceit and pride.

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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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20 You sit around and slander your brother—
    your own mother’s son.

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

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27 You rescue the humble,
    but you humiliate the proud.

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

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In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”[a]

So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).

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

13 They look proudly around,
    casting disdainful glances.

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

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Those who refuse to gossip
    or harm their neighbors
    or speak evil of their friends.

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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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Similarly, teach the older women to live in a way that honors God. They must not slander others or be heavy drinkers.[a] Instead, they should teach others what is good.

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  1. 2:3 Greek be enslaved to much wine.

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 I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer[a] yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:11 Greek a brother.

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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Footnotes

  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 sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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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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You have been deceived by your own pride
    because you live in a rock fortress
    and make your home high in the mountains.
‘Who can ever reach us way up here?’
    you ask boastfully.
But even if you soar as high as eagles
    and build your nest among the stars,
I will bring you crashing down,”
    says the Lord.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela

37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”

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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 goes around telling secrets,
    so don’t hang around with chatterers.

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

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11 In the same way, their wives[a] must be respected and must not slander others. They must exercise self-control and be faithful in everything they do.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Or the women deacons. The Greek word can be translated women or wives.

11 In the same way, the women[a] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers(A) but temperate(B) and trustworthy in everything.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons