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⁵The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, this one I pursued. The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, with that one I would not eat.

³⁶But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

¹⁸Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.

¹⁶But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ.

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.

¹⁶You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

¹Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.

¹And know this: that in the last days perilous times will press near. ²Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, ³without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness, ⁴traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God, ⁵even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.

²to speak evil of no one, not to be litigious, but to be reserved, displaying all meekness toward all men.

²⁸A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

¹¹Blessed are you when they have slandered you, and persecuted you, and spoken all kinds of evil against you, falsely, for my sake:

¹“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.

¹⁹Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

³¹Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice. ³²And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

⁹The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.

⁴⁵A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good. And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

³They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues, and they have surrounded me with hateful words, and they fought against me over nothing.