Psalm 50:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 50:20

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Speakest

Psalm 31:18

Matthew 5:11

Luke 22:65

Slanderest

Revelation 12:10

Thine own

Matthew 10:21

Bible References

Speakest

Let the lying lips be mute,
Which speak insolently and arrogantly against the [consistently] righteous
With pride and contempt.

“Blessed [morally courageous and spiritually alive with life-joy in God’s goodness] are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil things against you because of [your association with] Me.

And they were saying many other [evil and slanderous] things against Him, blaspheming [speaking sacrilegiously and abusively about] Him.

Slanderest

You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.

He who hides hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.

Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good,

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom (dominion, reign) of our God, and the authority of His Christ have come; for the accuser of our [believing] brothers and sisters has been thrown down [at last], he who accuses them and keeps bringing charges [of sinful behavior] against them before our God day and night.

Thine own

“Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put death.