Psalm L, 20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
1 Tim. III, 11. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
5. Talebearing and Backbiting Condemned.
Lev. XIX, 6. Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord.
Prov. XX, 19. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Prov. XI, 13. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Prov. XVII, 9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Prov. XXVI, 20. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Prov. XVI, 28. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.