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Slander: A Top-Tier Sin
Commentators like Charles Spurgeon place slander on the same level as theft and adultery, suggesting it may even be worse. The verse condemns malicious speech that destroys a person's reputation, especially when directed at family, highlighting it as a grave offense in God's eyes.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 50:20
18th Century
Theologian
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother - To the general character of falsehood and slander there is now added the fact that …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 50:20
19th Century
Bishop
Sittest. —Rather, as in Psalm 10:8; Psalms 17:12, lurk.
Slanderest. —Literally, gi…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 50:17–20
19th Century
Preacher
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and has been a part…
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John Gill
On Psalms 50:20
17th Century
Pastor
You sit
Either in the chair of Moses, or on the seat of judgment, in the great sanhedrim of the nation; or, as Aben …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 50:16–23
17th Century
Minister
Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others to live in disobedience to …