14 Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again. (WEB)
Sirach 19:14
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Sirach 19:6–8
6 He who hates gossip has less wickedness. (WEB) 7 Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything. (WEB) 8 Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it. (WEB)
Proverbs 25:8–10
8 do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame? 9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence, 10 lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.
Sirach 9:13–15
13 Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a… (WEB)
Sirach 11:6–8
6 Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands. (WEB) 7 Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke. (WEB) 8 Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking. (WEB)
Ecclesiastes 7:20–22
20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. 21 Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. 22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Sirach 27:6–8
6 The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. (WEB) 7 Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested. (WEB) 8 If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, and put it on like a long robe… (WEB)
Proverbs 3:27–29
27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. 28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means. 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Romans 14:15–17
15 If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. 16 Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eati…
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