Psalms 50:20
Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
In Context
19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Cross References
Psalms 31:18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.
Matthew 5:11'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —
Luke 22:65and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him.
Titus 2:3aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,
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 →