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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And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed are they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers are wicked.

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.