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Psalm 101

Psa. 101:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whoso privily
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
slandereth
lashan (Hebrew #3960)
properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from 3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
KJV usage: accuse, slander.
Pronounce: law-shan'
Origin: a primitive root
lashan (Hebrew #3960)
properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from 3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
KJV usage: accuse, slander.
Pronounce: law-shan'
Origin: a primitive root
his neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, him will I cut off
tsamath (Hebrew #6789)
to extirpate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
Pronounce: tsaw-math'
Origin: a primitive root
: him that hath an high
gabahh (Hebrew #1362)
lofty (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: high, proud.
Pronounce: gaw-bawh'
Origin: from 1361
look
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
and a proud
rachab (Hebrew #7342)
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: broad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.
Pronounce: raw-khawb'
Origin: from 7337
heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
will not I suffer
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Whoso.
Psa. 15:3• 3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. (Psa. 15:3)
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Psa. 50:20• 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (Psa. 50:20)
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Ex. 20:16• 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. (Ex. 20:16)
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Ex. 23:1• 1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. (Ex. 23:1)
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Lev. 19:16• 16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:16)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 20:19• 19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. (Prov. 20:19)
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Prov. 25:23• 23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Prov. 25:23)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. (Ezek. 22:9)
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1 Cor. 5:11• 11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Cor. 5:11)
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1 Tim. 3:11• 11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)
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Titus 2:3• 3The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; (Titus 2:3)
an high.
Psa. 10:2‑4• 2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
 4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. (Psa. 10:2‑4)
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. (Psa. 18:27)
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Psa. 138:6• 6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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Job 40:11‑12• 11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
 12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (Job 40:11‑12)
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Prov. 6:16‑19• 16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
 18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
 19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. (Prov. 6:16‑19)
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Prov. 30:13• 13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. (Prov. 30:13)
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Isa. 2:11• 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:11)
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)
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Obad. 3‑4• 3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
 4Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord. (Obad. 3‑4)
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Luke 18:14• 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
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1 Peter 5:5‑6• 5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: (1 Peter 5:5‑6)
• Furthermore in Christ’s kingdom not only will there be separation from evil, but, the evil will be dealt with. The slanderer will be “cut off.” The “high look” and the “proud heart” will be dealt with by a King who not only sees the look, but reads the heart. (“Psalms 101” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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