After speaking of how the righteous should be the psalm goes to the point of the other side of the coin, what the righteous shouldn’t do at all, as written in psalm 15:3-

“לֹא-רָגַל, עַל-לְשֹׁנוֹ–לֹא-עָשָׂה לְרֵעֵהוּ רָעָה; וְחֶרְפָּה, לֹא-נָשָׂא עַל-קְרֹבוֹ.”

“That hath no slander upon his tongue, or doeth evil to his fellow, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;

If you are living your life by telling and speaking what happens in other people life, you are dealing all the day with the gossips and not with the important things, you can not be the righteous- your tongue should be doing other things than to share a pointless info about other people!

If you are doing bed things in the bible, this is probably murder or cheating – off course that if you are doing those things – you can not be the righteous one!

The third thing that you can not do is questionable, rashi said that you can not hide sins that one of your relative did, other said that you can’t curse and humiliate other person.

Those three no’s that we are having in verse 3 are the introduction to verses 4-5, which tell us the things that the righteous will do as written:

” נִבְזֶה, בְּעֵינָיו נִמְאָס–    וְאֶת-יִרְאֵי יְהוָה יְכַבֵּד; נִשְׁבַּע לְהָרַע,    וְלֹא יָמִר. כַּסְפּוֹ, לֹא-נָתַן בְּנֶשֶׁךְ–   

וְשֹׁחַד עַל-נָקִי,לֹא לָקָח:עֹשֵׂה-אֵלֶּה–    לֹא יִמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם”

“In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honored them that fear the LORD; {N} he that sweareth to his own hurt and changed not;

He that putted not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. {N}He that doeth these things shall never be moved. {P}

The ultimate righteous will never tale bribe, will always help the weak people; will honor the others whom serve The Lord. This righteous will not fall in all the obstacles of the reality!

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