Proverbs 20
¹⁹ A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

Proverbs 11
¹³ A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

Proverbs 18
⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

Leviticus 19
¹⁶ " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people. " 'Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD .

Proverbs 26
²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down. ²¹ As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Psalm 39
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
¹ I said, "I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence."

James 1
²⁶If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

Proverbs 6
¹⁶ There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: ¹⁷ haughty eyes,
a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil, ¹⁹ a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

Psalm 34
¹³ keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

James 3
⁵Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. ⁶The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. ⁷All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, ⁸but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. ¹⁰Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.