15 Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. (WEB) 16 There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue? (WEB) 17 Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High. (WEB)
Sirach 19:15–17
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Sirach 31:14–16
14 Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish. (WEB) 15 Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point. (WEB) 16 Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hate… (WEB)
Sirach 7:11–13
11 Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. (WEB) 12 Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. (WEB) 13 Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. (WEB)
Proverbs 24:27–29
27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house. 28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to…
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.
Proverbs 30:9–11
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God. 10 Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt. 11 There is a generation of those who c…
Sirach 5:13–15
13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. (WEB) 14 Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue. (WEB) 15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matt… (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 20:1–3
1 There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent. (WEB) 2 How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm. (WEB) 3 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so… (KJV)
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