Proverbs 18:8

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

Proverbs 16:28

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

Leviticus 19:16

"'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.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 64:3-4

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 26:20-22

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

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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 is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Leviticus 19:16
"'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.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14
and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'