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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  1. Psalm 15:3 Lit according to

whose tongue utters no slander,(A)
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;

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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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28 They are all hardened rebels,(A)
    going about to slander.(B)
They are bronze and iron;(C)
    they all act corruptly.

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

“Beware of your friends;(A)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(B)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[a](C)
    and every friend a slanderer.(D)

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  1. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob

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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In you are slanderers(A) who are bent on shedding blood;(B) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(C) and commit lewd acts.(D)

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