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Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

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Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 17:9
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

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Leviticus 19:16
“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Proverbs 11:13
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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Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.

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