The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LOR
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,