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

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

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

Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 6:14
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

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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 11:13
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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.

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