Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

Proverbs 16:28

A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.

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.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Psalm 64:3-4

who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

Proverbs 26:20-22

Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.

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Summary

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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Words

Proverbs 12:18
Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.
Proverbs 16:28
A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.
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.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14
invents charges against her, and defames her by saying, "I have married this woman, but when I had sexual relations with her I found that she wasn't a virgin.'
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?'

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