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A curse on slanderers and the deceitful, because they have destroyed many who are at peace.
A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.
Gossips and liars deserve to be cursed, because they have been the ruin of many people who were minding their own business.
Cursed be gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
Cursed be the gossipers and the double-tongued, for they destroy many who live in harmony.
Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
Curse the whisperer and deceiver, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
Curse the whisperer and deceiver, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
A privy backbiter, and a double-tongued man, yea, he that speaketh fair before a man, and evil behind him, is cursed; for he disturbed (or troubled) many men having peace. [The whispering grudger (or grumbler), and the twisel tongue (is) cursed; forsooth many having peace he disturbed.]
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