1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, let Him accept an offering [from me]; but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, because they have driven me out this day to keep me from sharing in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
Psalm 101:5
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
Psalm 141:6
Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads strife,
And one who gossips separates intimate friends.
Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];
They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings forth rain;
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
Proverbs 26:20-22
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,
James 3:6
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by
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Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
Their [wicked, godless] judges are thrown down the sides of the rocky cliff,
And they [who followed them] will hear my words, for they are pleasant (just).
A perverse man spreads strife,
And one who gossips separates intimate friends.
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];
They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].
The north wind brings forth rain;
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.