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16 “‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people.

“‘You shall not endanger the life[a] of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:16 literally, “blood”

13 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
    but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
    One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

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

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19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
    therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

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

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22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
    they go down into the innermost parts.

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