Gossip And Lies

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver <FI>with<Fi> his lips make not thyself surety.

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I--I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

The words of a tale-bearer <FI>are<Fi> as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down <FI>to<Fi> the inner parts of the heart.

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

for let none of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or evil-doer, or as an inspector into other men's matters;

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

and, being true in love, we may increase to Him <FI>in<Fi> all things, who is the head--the Christ; — read the full passage →

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue--indignant faces.

Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, — read the full passage →

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips--ruin to him!

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance; — read the full passage →

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, — read the full passage →

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, — read the full passage →

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly; — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.

He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime--committing adultery, — read the full passage →

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience,

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Laying hold on the ears of a dog, <FI>Is<Fi> a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously--brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the city of blood, She is all with lies--burglary--full, Prey doth not depart.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.

and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

`And if he may not hear them, say <FI>it<Fi> to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

At that hour came the disciples near to Jesus, saying, `Who, now, is greater in the reign of the heavens?' — read the full passage →

and thou hast enquired, and searched, and asked diligently, and lo, truth; the thing is established; this abomination hath been done in thy midst:

The remnant of Israel do no perversity, nor speak lies, Nor found in their mouth is a deceitful tongue, For they have delight, and have lain down, And there is none troubling.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, — read the full passage →

Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.

Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people. — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate <FI>it<Fi> , Thy law I have loved.

for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies--princes.

A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers <FI>are<Fi> wicked.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget--and I do eat.'

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

that through two immutable things, in which <FI>it is<Fi> impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before <FI>us<Fi> ,

The thoughts of the righteous <FI>are<Fi> justice, The counsels of the wicked--deceit.

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

and at the same time also, they learn <FI>to be<Fi> idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not; — read the full passage →