Psalms 101:5

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

If any man doesn’t obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

She spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!

It will happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.

Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.

“Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.

“ ‘ “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

For those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city.

“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

The king said, “Where is your master’s son?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.’ ”

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is as an angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

The king said to him, “Why do you speak any more of your matters? I say, you and Ziba divide the land.”

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,