Proverbs 18:8
"The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly."
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- Leviticus 19:16
"Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 16:28
"A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 12:18
"There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 26:20
"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 52:2
"Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 64:3
"Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:"
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