making fun of others
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5Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.
29Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
1“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you.
11Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.
12Whoever despises his friend is destitute in heart. But the prudent man will remain silent.
17When your enemy will fall, do not be glad, and do not let your heart exult in his ruin,
18Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death, 19so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”
14For the entire law is fulfilled by one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
3Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.
31And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.
31Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
23Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!” 24And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.
22But I say to you, that anyone who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment. But whoever will have called his brother, ‘Idiot,’ shall be liable to the council. Then, whoever will have called him, ‘Worthless,’ shall be liable to the fires of Hell.
5So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest. 6And so the tongue is like a fire, comprising all iniquity. The tongue, stationed in the midst of our body, can defile the entire body and inflame the wheel of our nativity, setting a fire from Hell.
19so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”