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as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the
life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:16
The words of a gossip are like choice
morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.
Proverbs 18:8 (NIV)
He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, therefore
do not associate with a gossip.
Proverbs 20:19 A gossip betrays a confidence, but
a trustworthy man keeps a secret.
Proverbs 11:13 (NIV)
A perverse man spreads
strife, and a slanderer separates intimate friends.
Proverbs 16:28
The north wind brings forth
rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
Proverbs 25:23
For lack of wood the fire
goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention
quiets down. Like charcoal to hot embers and wood
to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
and they go down into the innermost parts of the
body.
Proverbs 26:20-22
Your tongue devises destruction,
like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalms 52:2
Keep your tongue from evil and
your lips from speaking deceit.
Psalms 34:13
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