1 Samuel 24:9
Then David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of people who say: 'Look, David [is] {seeking to do you harm}'?
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go [about with] slander among your people; {you shall not endanger your neighbor's life}; I [am] Yahweh.
1 Samuel 26:19
And so then, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant: If Yahweh has incited you against me, may he delight in an offering; but if {it is mortals}, [may] they be accursed {before} Yahweh, for they have driven me away today from sharing in the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'
Psalm 101:5
One who slanders his neighbor in secret, him I will destroy. [One] haughty of eyes and {arrogant} of heart, him I will not endure.
Psalm 141:6
[When] their judges are thrown down [the] sides of a cliff, then they will understand that my words were pleasant.
Proverbs 16:28
A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.
Proverbs 17:4
He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisper [are] like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down [to] inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 25:23
The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.
Proverbs 26:20-22
For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
Proverbs 26:28
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Proverbs 29:12
A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.
James 3:6
And the tongue [is] a fire! The world of unrighteousness, the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire {the course of human existence}, being set on fire by hell.