Psalms 50:20 · KJV
“Thou sittest {and} speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.”
— Psalms 50:20
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}
These {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.
Psalms 50 — Context
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}
20Thou sittest {and} speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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.
22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear {you} in pieces, and {there be} none to deliver.
Cross References
Matthew 10:21
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against {their} parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down {as} a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I {am} the LORD.
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred {with} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, {is} a fool.
Psalms 31:18
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. {grievous...: Heb. a hard thing}
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are ye, when {men} shall revile you, and persecute {you}, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. {falsely: Gr. lying}
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that {they be} in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; {holiness: or, holy women} {false...: or, one who foments strife}
1 Timothy 3:11
Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.