6 Cursed is he who brings the Lord's creation into contempt. (2EN) 7 Blessed is he who looks down and raises the fallen. (2EN) 8 Cursed is he who looks to and is eager for the destruction of what is not his. (2EN)
2 Enoch 52:6–8
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2 Enoch 52:11–13
11 Blessed is he who implants peace and love. (2EN) 12 Cursed is he who disturbs those that love their neighbours. (2EN) 13 Blessed is he who speaks with humble tongue and heart to all. (2EN)
2 Enoch 52:1–3
1 BLESSED is the man who opens his lips in praise of God of Sabaoth and praises the Lord with his heart. (2EN) 2 Cursed every man who opens his lips for the bringing into contempt and calumny of his neighbour, because he brings God into contempt. (2EN) 3 Blessed is he who opens… (2EN)
Sirach 21:26–28
26 The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart. (WEB) 27 When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul. (WEB) 28 A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels. (WEB)
Book of Enoch 98:12–14
12 Woe to you who love the deeds of unrighteousness: wherefore do ye hope for good hap unto yourselves? know that ye shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous, and they shall cut off your necks and slay you, and have no mercy upon you. (ENO) 13 Woe to you who rej… (ENO)
Proverbs 17:4–6
4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue. 5 He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished. 6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.
Deuteronomy 27:17–19
17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 18 ‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ 19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or th…
Sirach 4:5–7
5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you. (WEB) 6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication. (WEB) 7 Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man. (WEB)
Proverbs 20:19–21
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips. 20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness. 21 An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
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