1 Samuel 24:9
Then David told Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of those who say, "Look, David is trying to harm you?'
Leviticus 19:16
"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 26:19
Now let your majesty listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. But if it is people, may they be cursed in the LORD's presence, because they have driven me out today from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD by saying, "Go serve other gods.'
Psalm 101:5
I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.
Psalm 141:6
When their judges are thrown off the cliff, the people will hear my words, for they are appropriate.
Proverbs 16:28
A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.
Proverbs 17:4
Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.
Proverbs 26:20-22
Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Proverbs 29:12
When a ruler is listening to lies, all of his officials tend to become wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Don't listen to everything that is spoken you may hear your servant cursing you,
James 3:6
The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.