He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who speaks a slander, is a fool.
And Abner returned to Hebron. And Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately. And he struck him there in the belly, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, I will cut him off; him who has a high look and a proud heart, I will not allow.
They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
he does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
You sit; you speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
They are all grievous revolters, walking in slanders; they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.
Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.
You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Jehovah.
And Saul was still more afraid of David. And Saul became David's enemy continually.