Psalms 101:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 101

⁵Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

Psalms 101:5 —

Old words in this verse

suffer: — often: allow, permit.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
1 Corinthians 5:11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Backbiting Bowels Brotherly Kindness Communion Company Conceit

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

David here cuts out to himself and others a pattern both of a good magistrate and a good master of a family; and, if these were careful to discharge the duty of their place, it would contribute very much to a universal reformation. Observe, I. The chosen subject of the psalm (Ps. 101:1): I will sing of mercy and judgment, that is, 1. Of God’s mercy and judgment, and then it looks back upon the dis…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5-6. The slanderers and haughty persons, so mischievous in society, I will disown; but--