Proverbs 16:28

Proverbs 15 Proverbs 17

Proverbs 16:28 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁸A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

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Proverbs 20:19

Proverbs 19 Proverbs 21

Proverbs 20:19 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁹He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

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Proverbs 26:20

Proverbs 25 Proverbs 27

Proverbs 26:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no ^[a]talebearer, strife ceases.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 26:20 gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer

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2 Corinthians 12:20

2 Corinthians 11 2 Corinthians 13

2 Corinthians 12:20 New King James Version (NKJV)

²⁰For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

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1 Timothy 5:13

1 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 6

1 Timothy 5:13 New King James Version (NKJV)

¹³And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

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