A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

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. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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.

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

For no word from God will ever fail.”

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight. When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them. Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. . . .

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. . . .

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.