he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

You shall not testify a witness of falsehood against your neighbor.

You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.

You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the blood of your neighbor: I am Jehovah.

He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who sends out a slander, is a fool.

A gossip is a revealer of secrets; therefore do not fellowship with him who flatters with his lips.

The north wind wrings out rain; so does an angry face a slanderous tongue.

In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you they eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; not even to eat with such a person.

Likewise women must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

The wicked in his pride persecutes the lowly; let them be caught in the plots that they have devised.

Through the pride of his countenance the wicked do not seek after God; God is not in all his schemes.

For You will save the lowly people, but will bring down lofty looks.

Though Jehovah is on high, yet He gives attention to the lowly; but the proud He recognizes from afar.

Talk no more so very proudly; let no arrogance come out of your mouth, for Jehovah is the Mighty God of knowledge; and by Him actions are weighed.

Scatter abroad the outburst of your anger; look upon everyone who is proud, and humiliate him.

Look upon everyone who is proud, and humble him; tread down the wicked in their place.

These six things Jehovah hates; yea, seven are an abomination to his soul:

a heart that devises evil plans, feet hurrying to run to evil,

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

The lofty eyes of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down; but Jehovah, He alone, shall be exalted in that day.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are truth, and His ways are justice. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock; whose dwelling is high, saying in your heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though you rise as high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, declares Jehovah.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Likewise you that are younger, be subject to your elders. Yes, all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,