13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace. (WEB)
Sirach 28:13
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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)
Sirach 5:13–15
13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. (WEB) 14 Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue. (WEB) 15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matt… (WEB)
2 Enoch 52:13–15
13 Blessed is he who speaks with humble tongue and heart to all. (2EN) 14 Cursed is he who speaks peace with his. tongue, while in his heart there is no peace but a sword. (2EN) 15 For all these things will be laid bare in the weighing-scales and in the books, on the day of the gre… (2EN)
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)
Sirach 6:1–2
1 Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue. (WEB) 2 Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull. (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.
2 Enoch 52:1–3
1 BLESSED is the man who opens his lips in praise of God of Sabaoth and praises the Lord with his heart. (2EN) 2 Cursed every man who opens his lips for the bringing into contempt and calumny of his neighbour, because he brings God into contempt. (2EN) 3 Blessed is he who opens… (2EN)
Psalms 35:19–21
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice. 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land. 21 They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have see…
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