Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all
sins.
Proverbs 10:18-19
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that
uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that
refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 11:9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour:
but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Proverbs 11:12-13
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour:
but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful
spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs 12:20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but
to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 16:27-28
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there
is as a burning fire. A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief
friends.
Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go
down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth
secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips.
Proverbs 24:28-29
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
and deceive not with thy lips. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render
to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 25:8-10
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not
what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to
shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a
secret to another: Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn
not away.
Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry
countenance a backbiting tongue.
Proverbs 26:20-28
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where
there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a
contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with
silver dross. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit
within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven
abominations in his heart. Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congregation. Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a
stone, it will return upon him. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a
flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken;
lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself
likewise hast cursed others.
2 Corinthians 12:19-21
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto
you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly
beloved, for your edifying. For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I
would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest
there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings,
whisperings, swellings, tumults: And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and
that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not
repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which
they have committed.
Galatians 5:13-26
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not
consumed one of another. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the
lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye
cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the
which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that
they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain
glory, provoking one another,
envying one another.
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
2 Thessalonians 3:11-15
For we hear that there are some which walk
among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man,
and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
1 Timothy 3:8-11
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued,
not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office
of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober,
faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 5:11-15
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to
house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking
things which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children,
guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak
reproachfully. For some are already turned aside after Satan.
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth
not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is
vain.
James 3:3-18
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may
obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are
driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small
helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue
among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on
fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of
things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of
deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we
men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My
brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and
bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine,
figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him
shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory
not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every
evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make
peace.
James 4:11
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh
evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the
law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a
doer of the law, but a judge.
1 Peter 2:1-2
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
