You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. ¹  You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake. ²  I am the Lord.

He ¹  does not slander, ²  or do harm to others, ³  or insult his neighbor. ⁴ 

Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. ¹  Mourn and say, ‘Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!’ ² 

She lusted after the Assyrians – governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated ¹  his neighbor’s fiancée; ²  in this way you will purge ³  evil from among you.

The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

My kinsmen have failed me; my friends ¹  have forgotten me. ² 

Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance. ¹ 

For too long I have had to reside with those who hate ¹  peace.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!”

Do not plot ¹  evil against your neighbor when ²  he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable ¹  to the Lord than sacrifice. ² 

Do not move an ancient boundary stone ¹  which was put in place by your ancestors. ² 

The one ¹  who flatters ²  his neighbor spreads a net ³  for his steps. ⁴ 

“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles ¹  for safekeeping, ²  and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, ³  he must repay double.

If a man ¹  commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, ²  both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open ¹  your hand to your fellow Israelites ²  who are needy and poor in your land.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, ¹  because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: ²  go, humble yourself, ³  and appeal firmly ⁴  to your neighbor.

Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. ¹  For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. ²  And all of his friends will tell lies about him.

Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away ¹  in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her.”