15
Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
16
A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue?
17
Question your neighbor before you threaten him; and let the law of the Most High take its course.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.