He (A)does not slander [a]with his tongue,
Nor (B)does evil to his neighbor,
Nor (C)takes up a reproach against his friend;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 15:3 Lit according to

28 All of them are stubbornly rebellious,
(A)Going about as a talebearer.
They are (B)bronze and iron;
They, all of them, are corrupt.

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“Let everyone (A)be on guard against his neighbor,
And (B)do not trust any brother;
Because every (C)brother deals [a]craftily,
And every neighbor (D)goes about as a slanderer.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:4 I.e. like Jacob (a play on words)

Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have (A)committed acts of lewdness.

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