Psalms 50:20
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
In Context
19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
Cross References
Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Luke 22:65They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
Titus 2:3and that older women likewise be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which 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 →