The Many Faces of ________ (Should Your Name Go Here?)

[Ava Gabrielle]

Good Morning World! We should only have one face. If we consider someone a friend, yet do not defend their name when faced with gossip, we should consider ourself to be their enemy. If we participate, pass on or in anyway give credence to the story without first talking to them they should consider us their enemy. How easy is it for you to betray others? Have a great day!

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Proverbs 17:4

The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. Proverbs 19:22

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. Psalm 31:13

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. Psalm 101:5

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Proverbs 10:18

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. Proverbs 11:9

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Job 27:8

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew 7:5

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Matthew 23:27

Today in Jewish History 21 Nissan 5770

Moses Departs Midian (1314 BCE)   Less

After seven days of contention with G-d at the burning bush (see entry for "Nissan 15"), Moses assumed the mission of taking the Children of Israel out of Egypt. Taking leave of his father-in-law, Jethro, he placed his wife and children on a donkey and set out for Egypt to demand of Pharaoh, "Let My people go!"

Red Sea Splits (1313 BCE)   Less

On the eve of the seventh day after the Exodus, the Children of Israel found themselves trapped between the Egyptian army and cavalry pursuing them from behind and the waters of the Red Sea before them. G-d commanded Moses: "Speak to the Children of Israel, that they should move forward!"

Nachshon ben Aminadav of the tribe of Judah was the first to jump into the sea; the water split, and "the children of Israel walked across on the dry land in the midst of the sea." All that night, a pillar of fire intervened between the Egyptians and the Israelites. When the Egyptians followed, the waters returned to their natural state and place and drowned them. The Children of Israel sang the "Song at the Sea" in praise and gratitude to G-d.

Quote of the Day: FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.- Ambrose Bierce

Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! Joanne Kathleen Rowling (author of Harry Potter)

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. Arthur Miller

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. Tennessee Williams

Silence is a friend who will never betray.-- Confucius

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. -- Joseph Conrad

It is all right to rat, but you can't re-rat. -- Winston Churchill

"He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. "-- Sigmund Freud (Dangerous: one who always seeks to see or hear.)

"There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust."-- Muhammad

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.-- Blaise Pascal

"God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself."-- Proverb

"You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds."-- Proverb

"When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself."-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Each betrayal begins with trust."--Unknown

"When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again."-- Esther Williams