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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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Whoso.
Psa. 15:3• 3[Who] hath not slandered with his tongue,{HR}Hath not done evil to his neighbour,{HR}And hath not taken up a reproach against his neighbour. (Psa. 15:3)
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Psa. 50:20• 20Thou sittest, thou speakest against thy brother;{HR}Against thy mother's son thou utterest slander. (Psa. 50:20)
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Ex. 20:16• 16{i}Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.{/i} (Ex. 20:16)
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Ex. 23:1• 1{i}Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.{/i} (Ex. 23:1)
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Lev. 19:16• 16Thou shalt not go about a tale-bearer among thy people; nor shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:16)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips;{HR}And he that uttereth slander [is] a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 20:19• 19He that goeth about tale-bearing revealeth secrets:{HR}Therefore meddle not with him that openeth (enticeth with) his lips. (Prov. 20:19)
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Prov. 25:23• 23The north wind bringeth forth rain;{HR}And an angry countenance a secret tongue. (Prov. 25:23)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9{i}In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;{/i} (Ezek. 22:9)
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1 Cor. 5:11• 11But now I have written to you, if anyone called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or idolatrous, or abusive, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to mix with [him], with such an one not even to eat. (1 Cor. 5:11)
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1 Tim. 3:11• 11Women likewise [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. (1 Tim. 3:11)
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Titus 2:3• 3that aged women likewise be in deportment reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good; (Titus 2:3)
an high.
Psa. 10:2‑4• 2In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.
3For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah.
4The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God.
(Psa. 10:2‑4)
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou savest an afflicted people,{HR}And lofty eyes thou bringest down. (Psa. 18:27)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly;{HR}Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:{HR}For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,{HR}And by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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Job 40:11‑12• 11Scatter abroad the outbursts of thine anger,{HR}See every proud one, and humble him;
12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place;
(Job 40:11‑12)
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Prov. 6:16‑19• 16Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul:
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,{HR}And hands that shed innocent blood,
18A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,{HR}Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness breathing out lies,{HR}And he that sendeth out discords among brethren.
(Prov. 6:16‑19)
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Prov. 30:13• 13{i}There is a generation,{/i} —{i}how lofty are their eyes,{HR}How their eyelids are lifted up!{HR}{/i} (Prov. 30:13)
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Isa. 2:11• 11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:11)
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Dan. 4:37• 37{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i} (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, {i}whose{/i} habitation is high; {i}—he that{/i} 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 Jehovah.
(Obad. 3‑4)
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Luke 18:14• 14I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
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1 Peter 5:5‑6• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly.
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. (Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour,{HR}Him I will cut off;{HR}The lofty of eyes and proud of heart,{HR}Him will I not suffer.