12 If you blow on a spark, it will burn; and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched. Both of these come out of your mouth. (WEB) 13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace. (WEB) 14 A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men. (WEB)
Sirach 28:12–14
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Sirach 21:27–28
27 When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul. (WEB) 28 A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels. (WEB)
Proverbs 16:27–29
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. 28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends. 29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Sirach 28:17–19
17 The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones. (WEB) 18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue. (WEB) 19 Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed thro… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:10–12
10 because a jealous ear listens to all things, and the noise of murmurings is not hidden. (WEB) 11 Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul. (WEB) 12 Don’t court… (WEB)
Psalms 50:18–20
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. 19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. 20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Proverbs 26:27–28
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Mandates 27:2–4
2 First of all, speak evil of no man, neither take pleasure in listening to a slanderer. Otherwise thou that hearest too shalt be responsible for the sin of him that speaketh the evil, if thou believest the slander, which thou hearest; for in believing it thou… (HER) 3 … (HER)
Psalms of Solomon 12:2–4
2 Manifoldly twisted are the words of the tongue of the wicked man, Even as among a people a fire that burneth up their beauty. (PSS) 3 So he delights to fill houses with a lying tongue, To cut down the trees of gladness which setteth on fire transgressors, To involve h… (PSS)
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