“What does it mean when it says, "I want to go down and see if in fact they have done all the evil that has been cried out against them to me. I want to know!"? That is, "A rumor has reached me." But I want to have a more precise knowledge by means of the facts themselves, not because I do not know them but because I w…”
Pseudo-Chrysostom, 5th c. — ON LAZARUS DEAD SINCE FOUR DAYS
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15Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
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13Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.
14Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
— Sirach 19:15 —
16There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
17Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.