⁹ David said to Saul, Why listen you to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?

¹⁶ "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life{literally, "blood"} of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

²¹ Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

²² for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

¹² If a ruler listens to lies, All of his officials are wicked.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.

²⁰ For lack of wood a fire goes out; Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

²¹ As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindling strife.

²² The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, They go down into the innermost parts.

²³ The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

⁸ The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: They go down into a person's innermost parts.

⁴ An evil-doer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

⁶ Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

⁵ I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

¹⁹ Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{Gehenna is a name that describes a burning Hell with rotting bodies and unclean things in it}