Proverbs 26:20
Without wood the fire goes out. Without a talebearer strife ceases.
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man sows discord. A whisperer separates good friends.
Proverbs 22:10
Throw out the scoffer and contention will go away, yes, strife and reproach will cease.
James 3:6
The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts.