Proverbs 11:13 A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.
Exodus 20:16 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 17:9 He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Luke 6:31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
1 Timothy 5:13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
James 3:8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.