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"Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. "Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. I am the Lord .

Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.

They visit me as if they were my friends, but all the while they gather gossip, and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.

I am the favorite topic of town gossip, and all the drunks sing about me.

A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander.

A gossip goes around telling secrets, so don't hang around with chatterers.

Others may accuse you of gossip, and you will never regain your good reputation.

Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.

For I am afraid that when I come I won't like what I find, and you won't like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior.