Proverbs 18:8
The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.
Proverbs 16:28
A froward body causeth strife; and he that is a babble of his tongue, maketh division among princes.
Leviticus 19:16
"'Thou shalt not go up and down a privy accuser among thy people, neither shalt thou help to shed the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
Psalm 52:2
Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor.
Psalm 64:3-4
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words,
Proverbs 12:18
A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.
Proverbs 26:20-22
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; and where the backbiter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth.