Do not gossip about others
Commandment 19ProhibitionParashat KedoshimPersonal Development
Scripture
'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.
Hebrew
טז לֹא-תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּיךָ, לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל-דַּם רֵעֶךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה.
Greek
16 οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐν τῷ ἔθνει σου, οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ᾿ αἷμα τοῦ πλησίον σου· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Parashah: Kedoshim
- Sefer HaChinuch: 236
- Mishneh Torah: Knowledge — Personal Development
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.