Proverbs 18:8

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

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Jehovah.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 64:3-4

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,

Proverbs 12:18

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 26:20-22

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

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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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Bible References

Words

Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Proverbs 26:20
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Jehovah.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14
and makes shameful charges against her, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I did not find in her the tokens of virginity,
1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Why do you hear man's words, saying, Behold, David seeks to do you evil?