Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.




A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.




A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.




You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.




There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.





You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.




A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.




A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.


Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down. As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.



A man who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.