The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
Saul was even more afraid of David. So Saul was David’s enemy continually.
“You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.