Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

King James Version

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Holman Bible

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

International Standard Version

I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

A Conservative Version

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

American Standard Version

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Amplified


Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

Darby Translation

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Julia Smith Translation

Slandering his neighbor in secret, him will I cut off: him being lofty of eyes and broad of heart, with him I will not eat

King James 2000

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: he that has a haughty look and a proud heart will I not endure.

Lexham Expanded Bible

One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.

Modern King James verseion

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will cut him off; him who has a high look and a proud heart, I will not allow.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who so privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy. Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach, I will not suffer him.

NET Bible

I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

New Heart English Bible

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

The Emphasized Bible

He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

Webster

Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

World English Bible

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

Context Readings

A Vow Of Integrity

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
6 My eyes will be watching the faithful people in the land so that they may live with me. The person who lives with integrity will serve me.


Cross References

Psalm 18:27

You save humble people, but you humiliate the proud.

Psalm 50:20

You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son.

Psalm 15:3

The one who does not malign with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor or close friend.

Proverbs 30:13

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

Exodus 20:16

Do not (lie) accuse anyone falsely.

Exodus 23:1

Do not spread false rumors. Do not help a guilty person by offering false testimony.

Leviticus 19:16

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor's life. I am Jehovah.

1 Samuel 2:3

Boast no more so proudly. Remove arrogance from your mouth. Jehovah is a God of knowledge, and he measures his actions (deeds).

Job 40:11-12

Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low!

Psalm 10:2-4

The wicked proudly persecutes the poor people. He will be caught in the schemes that he contrived.

Psalm 138:6

Even though Jehovah is high above, he sees humble people close up, and he recognizes arrogant people from a distance.

Proverbs 6:16-19

Jehovah hates these six things: Yes, seven are an abomination to him:

Proverbs 10:18

Truly a fool hides hatred with lying lips, and speaks slander.

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets. So avoid a man who speaks flattering words.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind drives away rain. So does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Isaiah 2:11

The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted.

Ezekiel 22:9

Your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. They eat sacrifices offered to idols. They always satisfy their lusts.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.

Obadiah 1:3-4

Your proud heart has deceived you. You reside in the refuge of the rock. Your habitation is high above others and you say in your heart: 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'

Luke 18:14

I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right with God when he went home. He who exalts himself will be humbled! He who humbles himself will be exalted!

1 Corinthians 5:11

I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.

1 Timothy 3:11

Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Titus 2:3

Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers nor enslaved to too much wine.

1 Peter 5:5-6

Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one another. God resists the proud, but gives loving kindness to the humble.

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