ported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. Eph. iv, 25. Wherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with Lis neighbour. . . . . VARIOUS FORMS OF IT. Gen. xii, 13. Say, I pray thee, thon art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. Gen. xx, 2, 13. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. Gen. xlii, 7, 8. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. Judges iv, 20. Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent; and it shall be, when any man' doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. Jer. 1, 36. A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dete: s smerd is upon her mighty men, and they shall be dismayed. said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife, be avenged on such a nation Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no Acts ▼, 9. Then Peter said unte together to tempt the Spir: of her, How is it that ye have d the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy busland are at the door, and shall an thee out. SPECIAL INSTANCES. Gen. xviii, 15. Then Sarah de nied, saying, I laughed not r she was afraid. And he said, Nay but thou didst laugh. Gen. xxvi, 7. And the man d the place asked him of his wit and he said, She is my sister t he feared to say, She is my vi lest, said he, the men of the pla should kill me for Rebeka cause she was fair to look upes Gen. xxvii, 18-20, 24. And son, How is it that thon ha vid to Nob to Ahimelech the pris. 1 Sam. xxi, 1, 2. Then came Is and Ahimelech was afraid atte be blamed. And the other Jews tion. ITS PENALTY. him, Why art thou alone, asi n 1 Sam. xx, 6, 7, 27-30. If thy Gal. ii, 11, 13. But when Peter father at all miss me, then say, was come to Antioch, I withstood David earnestly asked leave of me, that he might run to Beth-him to the face, because he was to lehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. If he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday nor to-day? And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hathi a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto his neighbour with his mouth, but saying, He hath made his pe** edness? Ps. Ixiii, 11. But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 1 Sam. xxvii, 10-12. And Actist said, Whither have ye male a road to-day? And David Against the south of Judah, al against the south of the Jeb meelites, and against the su the Kenites. And David sand Prov. xx, 17. Bread of deceit is neither man nor woman afve sweet to man; but afterwards his bring tidings to Gath, sur Lest they should tell on us, HAP mouth shall be filled with gravel.ing. So did David, and so Jer. ix, 8 9. Their tongue is as his manner all the while be ther an arrow shot out; it speaketh de- eth in the country of the Phr ceit: one speaketh peaceably to stines. And Achish believed a abbor him ther Ps. cxx, 3. 4. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. not visit them for these thingst 1 Kings xiv, 5-7. And the LORD saith the LORD: shall not my soul fore he shall be my servas f 2 Kings v, 21, 22. So Gebazi followed after Naaman: and when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come o me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prohets: give them, I pray thee, a alent of silver, and two changes 1 garments. Matth. xxvi, 69, 70. Now Peter at without in the palace: and a amsel came unto him, saying, 'hou also wast with Jesus of Galee. But he denied before them 1, saying, I know not what thou yest. Mark xiv, 67--70. And when she w Peter warming himself, she oked upon him, and said, And ou also wast with Jesus of Nareth. But he denied, saying, I how not, neither understand I aat thon sayest. And he went out to the porch; and the cock crew. nd a maid saw him again, and gan to say to them that stood This is one of them. And he nied it again. And a little after, ey that stood by said again to ter, Surely thou art one of em: for thou art a Galilean, and y speech agreeth thereto. John xviil, 25--27. And Simon ter stood and warmed himself. tey said therefore unto him, t not thou also one of his dis les? He denied it, and said, I i not. One of the servants of > high priest (being his kinsman 1ose ear Peter cut off) saith, Did get I see thee in the garden with n? Peter then denied again; and mediately the cock crew. Acts v, 7, 8. And it was about space of three hours after, en his wife, not knowing what s done, came in. And Peter wered unto her, Tell me ether ye sold the land for so ich? And she said, Yea, for so ch. FLATTERY. ob xvii, 5. He that speaketh ttery to his friends, even the es of his children shall fail. Pg. xil, 2, 3. They speak vanity ery one with his neighbour: h flattering lips, and with a able heart, do they speak. The BD shall cut off all flattering s, and the tongue that speaketh oud things. 8. xxxvi. 2. For he flattereth nself in his own eyes, until his quity be found to be hateful. 's. lxxvili, 36. Nevertheless they 1 flatter him with their mouth, d they lied unto him with their igues. Prov. xxiv, 24. He that saith being seventeen years old, was' unto the wicked, Thou art right-feeding the flock with his breeous; him shall the people curse, thren; and the lad was with the nations shall abhor him. sons of Bilhah, and with the sons Joseph brought unto his father of Zilpah, his father's wives: and their evil report. falling down before the wicked is Prov. xxv, 26. A righteous man as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. 2 Sam. fit, 23. When Joab and hateth those that are afflicted by were come, they told Joab, sayProv. xxvi, 28. A lying tongue all the host that was with him it; and a flattering mouth workething, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. ruin. Prov. xxviii, 23. He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. tereth his neighbour spreadeth a Prov. xxix, 5. A man that flatnet for his feet wickedly against the covenant Dan. xi, 32, 34. And such as do shall be corrupt by flatteries. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. Luke xx, 21. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly. TALEBEARING. Lev. xix, 12, 16. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 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. Ps. xli, 7. All that hate me whisper together against me against me do they devise my hurt. Prov. xi, 13. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. Prov. xvi, 28. A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Prov. xviii, S. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. about as a talebearer revealeth Prov. xx, 19. He that goeth with him that flattereth with his secrets, therefore meddle not lips. Prov. xxvi, 20, 22. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Gen. xxxvii, 2. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, his good deeds before me, and utNeh. vi, 19. Also they reported tered my words to him. And Toblah sent letters to put me in fear. Ezek. xxii, 9. In thee are men in thee they eat upon the mounthat carry tales to shed blood; and tains; in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. learn to be idle, wandering about 1 Tim. v, 13. And withal they from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. VANITY. Exod. xv, 9. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Prov. xx, 6. Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find. Prov. xxv, 14, 27. Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search their own glory is not glory. Prov. xxvii, 2. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. THE APOSTLE'S BOASTING LAWFUL Rom. xv, 17. I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 2 Cor. i, 17. When I therefore do I purpose according to the ness? or the things that I purpose, was thus minded, did I use lightbe yea, yea, and nay, nay? flesh, that with me there should have wronged no man, we have 2 Cor. vii, 2. Receive us; we corrupted no man, we have de frauded no man. 2 Cor. xi, 10, 11, 21. As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. I speak as concerning 2 U truth. 2 Cor. xi, 1, 16-19. Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. I say again, Let no man think me a fool: if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 2 Cor. xii, 6. For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. Job vi, 13. Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? Job xii, 3. But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? Job xv, 8, 9. Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? Ps. xii, 4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own; who is lord over us? Isa. xxxvii, 24. By thy servants hast thou reproached the LORD, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. Prov. xiv, 6, 9. A scorner | heathen, a shaking of the head Ps. Ixix, 11, 12. I made sack cloth also my garment; and I be came a proverb to them. They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. Prov. xix, 25, 29. Smite a scor- Prov. xxi, 11, 24. When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. Proud and haughty scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath. Prov. xxii, 10. Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. Prov. xxvi, 18, 19. As a mad man who casteth firebrands arrows and death. So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Prov. xxix, 8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Isa. xxviii, 22. Now therefore be ye not'mockers, lest your bands be made strong. Jude 18. How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. Neh. iv, 2, 3. And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these will they fortify feeble Jews? themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burnt? Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, aud he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. Job xii, 4. I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. Job xxx, 9. And now am I their song; yea, I am their by-word. Job xxxiv, 7. What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? Ps. xliv, 13, 14. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a by-word among the Ps. lxxix, 4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. Ps. cxix, 51. The proud bare had me greatly in derisi M have I not declined from thy law. Jer. xlviii. 27. For was not Israel a derision unto thee he found among thieves? for sings thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. Lam. ii, 15, 16. All that pass clap their hands at thee; they be and wag their head at the dangt ter of Jerusalem, saying Is th the city that men call. The peris tion of beauty, The joy of th whole earth? All thine ebenf have opened their mouth ag thee: they hiss and gnast the teeth. . . . . . Lam. iii, 14, 46, 63. I was a de rision to all my people, and the song all the day. All our enem have opened their mouth ages. Behold their sitting an and their rising up; I as that musick. us. Ps. lxxxix, 50-52. Remember LORD, 'the reproach of the vants; how I do bear in my bost the reproach of all the nigh Wherewith thine ee people; mies have reproached, O LORD wherewith they have reproache the footsteps of thine an Blessed be the LORD for evermars. Amen, and Amen. Ps. cxix, 22, 59. Remove from me reproach and contemps ! have kept thy testimonies. Tes away my reproach which: I for thy judginents are good. Prov. xix, 7. All the brethren. of the poor do hate him!* much more do his friends g from him? he pursueth them sili words, yet they are wanting to him. Lam. iii, 61, 62. Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. Lam. v, 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us; consider, and behold our reproach. Ezek. xvi, 44. Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Ezek. xxii, 4, 5. . . . Therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee,which art infamous,and much vexed. Dan. xi, 18. After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. be not judged. For with what brother, Let me pull out the mote Luke vi, 41, 42. And why be- John vii, 24. Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Zeph. ii, 8, 10. I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached Rom. ii, 1. Therefore thou art my people, and magnified them-inexcusable, O man, whosoever selves against their border. This thou art that judgest: for wherein shall they have for their pride, thou judgest another, thou conbecause they have reproached demnest thyself; for thou that and magnified themselves against judgest doest the same things. the people of the LORD of hosts. Job xvi, 10. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully... Job xix, 5. If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me myreproach. Psalm xxii, 6. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men. Ps. xxxi, 11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. Ps. lxix, 7, 10, 20. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach: shame hath covered my face. When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heavi ness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Ps. lxxxix, 41. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. Rom. xiv, 4. Who art thou that his own master he standeth or Judgest another man's servant? to falleth; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. James iv, 11, 12. Speak not evil Ps. Ivi, 5. Every day they wrest Jer. xxxvii, 13, 14. And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemaih, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, Matth. vil, 1-5. Judge not, that ye Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, saying, Thou fallest away to the CENSORIOUSNESS AND UNJUST JUDGMENTS. 675 It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. CALUMNY. and he said unto him, Thou soa was kindled against Jonathan, 1 Sam. xx, 30. Then Saul's anger do not I know that thou hast of the perverse rebellious woman, chosen the son of Jesse to thine fusion of thy mother's nakedness? own confusion, and unto the con 1 Sam. xxv, 14. But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. 2 Sam. iii, 24, 25. Then Joab hast thou done? behold, Abner came to the king, and said, What thou hast sent him away, and he came unto thee; why is it that ner the son of Ner, that he came is quite gone? Thou knowest Abto deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. cursing, and deceit, and fraud; Ps. x, 7. His mouth is full of under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Ps. xli, 5, 6. Mine enemies speak evil of me; When shall he die, and his name perfsh? And if he quity to itself; when he goeth vanity: his heart gathereth inicome to see me, he speaketh abroad, he telleth it. Ps. 1, 20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slauderest thine own mother's son. mischiefs; like a sharp razor, Ps. lii, 2-5. Thy tongue deviseth working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteous ness. Selah. Thou lovest all-devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. God shall likewise destroy thee for ever: he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out the land of the living. Selah, Prov. iv, 24. Put away from thee lips put far from thee. a froward mouth, and perverse Prov. vi, 12. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Prov. x, 31, 32. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness eth like the piercings of a sword: Prov. xii, 18. There is that speak but the tongue of the wise is against thee wickedly, and thine health. Prov. xvi, 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil; and in his lips there is a burning fire. Prov. xvii, 20. He that hath a froward neart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. Prov. xxx, 14. There is a gener tion whose teeth are as swords. and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. Jer. xx, 10. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. HARD NAMES NOT ALWAYS UNJUST. Matt. vii, 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Matt. xii, 34. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Matt. xxili, 33. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Luke ili, 6, 7. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned ye to flee from the wrath to come? Luke xiil, 32. And he said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox.. Acts xxiii. 3. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? SWEARING. FORBIDDEN. Lev. xix, 12. And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. Lev. xxii, 32. Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you. Deut. v, 11. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Ps. cxxxix, 20. For they speak enemies take thy name in vain. Matth. v, 34-37. But I say unto you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thon canst not But let your communication be, make one hair white or black. Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. James v, 12. But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condem nation. Gen. xlii, 15, 16. Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. Matth. xxiii, 16-22. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctfleth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. (See under OATH.) Because of ITS PENALTY. Jer. xxiii, 10. ... . swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. Ezek. xxi, 23. And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oatlis; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. Zech. v, 3. Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth | forth over the face of the whol earth: for every one that stealth shall be cut off as on this side. according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut of a on that side, according to it PERJURY 2 Chron. xxxvi, 13. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchad by God. nezzar, who had made him swer Isa. xlviii. 1. Hear ye this house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and ar come forth out of the waters of Judah; which swear by the am of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in trafi nor in righteousness. Jer. v, 2. And though they s The LORD liveth, surely the swear falsely. Hosea x, 4. They have sp words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; thus judgments eth up as hemlock in the farrow of the field Zech. v, 4. I will bring it fr saith the LORD of hosts, and shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of in that sweareth falsely by my tane and it shall remain in the m of his house, and shall consume 2 with the timber thereof, and th stones thereof. Zech. viii, 17. And let none ( you imagine evil in your b against his neighbour, and l no false oath: for all these things that I hate, saith the LORD. Matth. v, 33. Again, ye han heard that it hath been su them of old time, Thou shall forswear thyself, but shall p form unto the LORD thine 4th. FIGURES OF SPEECH. USE OF TONGUE. Exod. iv, 10, 14-17. And Me said unto the LORD, O my l am not eloquent, neither her fore, nor since thou hast spot unto thy servant; but I am s of speech, and of a slow tongie And the anger of the Los kindled against Moses, and said, Is not Aaron the Levite brother? I know that he can spssi eth forth to meet thee: and wh well. And also, behold, te he seeth thee, he will be gla unto him, and put words to be his heart. And thou shall spea mouth: and I will be with mouth, and with his mouth s will teach you what ye stal And he shall be thy spokesm unto the people: and he stab even he shall be to thee instead a mouth, and thou shalt be te |