Leviticus 19:16
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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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- 19:16 literally, “blood”
Leviticus 19:16
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
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Proverbs 11:13
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13 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
Proverbs 11:13
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13 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy and faithful in spirit keeps the matter hidden.
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Proverbs 17:19
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19 He who loves disobedience loves strife.
One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:19
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19 He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction.
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Proverbs 18:8
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8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
Proverbs 18:8
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
8 The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
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Proverbs 20:19
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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.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely.(A)
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Proverbs 26:20
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20 For lack of wood a fire goes out.
Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:20
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
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Proverbs 26:22
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22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
they go down into the innermost parts.
Proverbs 26:22
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
22 The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim’s nature].
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