Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

General references

Bible References

Backbiteth

Psalm 101:5
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:4
“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Romans 1:30
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
Titus 3:2
to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.
James 4:11
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
1 Peter 2:1
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

Doeth

1 Samuel 24:11
Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.
Isaiah 56:2
“How blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who takes hold of it;
Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
Matthew 7:12
“In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Romans 12:17
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
3 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.

Taketh up

Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 25:3
As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

General references

Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.