Psalms 15:3
1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
2 He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
4 who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- KJV
- He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- WEB
- he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
- ASV
- He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
- DARBY
- [He that] slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
- BLB
- He does not have slander upon his tongue, and he has not done evil to his neighbor, and a reproach he has not taken up against his neighbor.
- ÅB
- Den som ikke baksnakker med tungen,
som ikke gjør ondt mot sin neste
og ikke fører skam over den som står ham nær. - OTB
- Han baktaler ikke med sin tunge,
Gjør ikke ondt mot sin nabo,
Og bringer ikke skam over sin venn; - B1930
- som ikke baktaler med sin tunge, som ikke gjør sin næste ondt og ikke fører skam over den som står ham nær,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Read in contextPsalms 101:5–8
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Read in contextMatthew 7:12
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Read in contextJames 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:16
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Read in context3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:4–9
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
Read in context1 Peter 2:1–2
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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