1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'
Leviticus 19:16
"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that the LORD has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.'
Psalm 101:5
I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
Psalm 141:6
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
Proverbs 26:20-22
Without wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, contention ceases.
Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell.