gossip
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28A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.
19Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.
13Whoever walks dishonestly reveals secrets. But whoever is of a faithful soul conceals what is confided by a friend.
29Let no evil words proceed from your mouth, but only what is good, toward the edification of faith, so as to bestow grace upon those who listen.
20When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.
16You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
8The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.
14Prohibit your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.
18Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.
13And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them.
20Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.
26But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.
9The pretender deceives his friend by mouth. But the just shall be freed by knowledge.
1“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
11Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
5The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, this one I pursued. The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, with that one I would not eat.
29having been completely filled with all iniquity, malice, fornication, avarice, wickedness; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, spite, gossiping;