1 Samuel 24:9

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1 Samuel 24:9

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

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Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, 'Go, serve other gods!'

"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.

The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

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 Gehenna.