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I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won`t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
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Two Vices God Hates
The psalmist vows to eliminate two specific types of people from his circle: the secret slanderer and the arrogant. Commentators describe secret slander as a destructive plague, like poisoning someone who cannot defend themselves. Pride is characterized by a "high look" and a "proud heart," which scholars explain means being puffed up, insatiable, and domineering. These vices are seen as fundamentally toxic to any godly community.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour - literally, “One who speaks concerning his neighbor in secret.” If a man has any good to say of an…
19th Century
Anglican
Whoever ... —The “informer” and the “haughty favourite” are no unknown characters in an Eastern court.
Proud heart.…
Baptist
Whoso secretly slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off:
David was a king, and he intended to promote the peace of his people by s…
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16th Century
Protestant
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I destroy. In this verse, he speaks more distinctly of the duty of a king who is armed w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whoso privily slanders his neighbour, him will I cut off, &c.] That raises and spreads a false report of him; that insinu…
In this psalm, David declares how he intended to regulate his household and govern his kingdom, so that he might stop wickedness and encourage godl…
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