Psalms 50:20

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

In Context

19Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit.

21These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

Luke 22:65And they spoke many other things against him, railing against him.

Titus 2:3Aged women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23

The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done,… Read the whole commentary →

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