Leviticus 19:16
16 aYou shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not bstand up against the life ▼▼Hebrew blood
of your neighbor: I am the Lord. Psalms 52:2
2Your dtongue plots destruction,like ea sharp razor, you fworker of deceit.
Psalms 64:3-4
3who gwhet their tongues like swords,who haim bitter words like arrows,
4shooting from iambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and jwithout fear.
Proverbs 12:18
18 kThere is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,but the tongue of the wise brings lhealing.
Proverbs 16:28
28 mA dishonest man spreads strife,and na whisperer oseparates close friends.
Proverbs 26:20-22
20For lack of wood the fire goes out,and where there is no pwhisperer, qquarreling ceases.
21As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is ra quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 sThe words of ta whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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