Proverbs 18:8

Tree of Life Version

The words of a gossip are tasty morsels, going down into one’s innermost being.

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A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.

Reckless speech is like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

“You are not to go up and down as a talebearer among your people. You are not to endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Adonai.

when Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.