Psalms 50:20

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say every evil thing against you because of Me.

Luke 22:65And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.

Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of 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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