Psalms 50:20

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

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an 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 insolently, with pride and contempt.

Matthew 5:11Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Luke 22:65And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.

Titus 2:3that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanour, 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 →

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