Psalm 101:5
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5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.(A)
Psalm 18:27
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27 For you deliver a humble people,
but the haughty eyes you bring down.(A)
Psalm 15:3
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3 who do not slander with their tongue
and do no evil to their friends
nor heap shame upon their neighbors;(A)
Proverbs 30:13
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13 There are those—how lofty are their eyes,
how high their eyelids lift!—(A)
Psalm 50:20
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20 You sit and speak against your kin;
you slander your own mother’s child.(A)
1 Peter 5:5-6
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5 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)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.
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- 5.5 Or of those who are older
Titus 2:3
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3 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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1 Corinthians 5:11
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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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Luke 18:14
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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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Obadiah 3-4
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3 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)
4 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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- 3 Or clefts of Sela
Daniel 4:37
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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)
Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with a babbler.(A)
Ezekiel 22:9
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9 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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Isaiah 2:11
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11 The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low,
and the pride of everyone shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(A)
Proverbs 25:23
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23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.(A)
Proverbs 10:18
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18 Lying lips conceal hatred,
and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 6:16-19
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that hurry to run to evil,(B)
19 a lying witness who testifies falsely,
and one who sows discord in a family.(C)
Psalm 138:6
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6 For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he perceives from far away.(A)
Psalm 10:2-4
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2 In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)
3 For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart;
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.(B)
4 In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”;
all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”(C)
Job 40:11-12
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11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on all who are proud and humble them.(A)
12 Look on all who are proud and bring them low;
tread down the wicked where they stand.(B)
1 Samuel 2:3
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3 Talk no more so very proudly;
let not arrogance come from your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.(A)
Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood[a] of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.(A)
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- 19.16 Heb stand against the blood
Exodus 23:1
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Justice for All
23 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.(A)
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Exodus 20:16
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16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.(A)
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1 Timothy 3:11
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11 Women[a] likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
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- 3.11 Or Women deacons or Wives
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