Proverbs 26:22

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.

In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.