Gossips

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

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

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;

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;

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

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

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ; — read the full passage →

`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; — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

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

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete; — read the full passage →

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man--every one who is judging--for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging, — read the full passage →

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

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, — read the full passage →

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry-- — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

`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;

`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.

The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

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

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant, — 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;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled, — read the full passage →

`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another; — read the full passage →

Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us--consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us--burnings of the age? — read the full passage →

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; — read the full passage →

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

Let brotherly love remain;

in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them; — read the full passage →

fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing--having the same love--of one soul--minding the one thing, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

`Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

Woe <FI>to<Fi> the wise in their own eyes, And--before their own faces--intelligent!

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse <FI>in<Fi> his lips, who <FI>is<Fi> a fool.

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.

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools <FI>is<Fi> not right.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

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;

so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged, — read the full passage →

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' --ye do well;

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Let brotherly love remain; — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

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

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye--not to determinations of reasonings;

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already <FI>is<Fi> to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer <FI>is<Fi> our salvation than when we did believe; — read the full passage →

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach? — read the full passage →

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

And at dawn he came again to the temple, — read the full passage →

The woman saith to him, `Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet; — read the full passage →

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

that one was not the Light, but--that he might testify about the Light.

and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it. — read the full passage →

`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers, — read the full passage →

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' — read the full passage →

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

and--if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them; — read the full passage →

And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' — read the full passage →

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength--this <FI>is<Fi> the first command;

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

`Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, — read the full passage →

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

`Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land. — read the full passage →

Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, — read the full passage →

`Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another.

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.' — read the full passage →

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, — read the full passage →

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness <FI>is<Fi> as noon. — read the full passage →

Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, — read the full passage →

And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is--A precept of men is taught! — read the full passage →

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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