1 Samuel 24:9
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9 David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?
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Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
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21 Do not give heed to everything that people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you; 22 your heart knows that many times you have yourself cursed others.
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Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
James 3:6
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6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](A)
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
Proverbs 26:28
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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Proverbs 26:20-22
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.(A)
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(C)
Proverbs 25:23
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23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.(A)
Proverbs 18:8
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8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(A)
Proverbs 17:4
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4 An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)
Psalm 141:6
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6 When they are given over to those who shall condemn them,
then they shall learn that my words were pleasant.
Psalm 101:5
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5 One who secretly slanders a neighbor
I will destroy.
A haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not tolerate.(A)
1 Samuel 26:19
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19 Now, therefore, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is mortals, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out today from my share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’(A)
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Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood[a] of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.(A)
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- 19.16 Heb stand against the blood
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