¹⁴ and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;

¹⁶ "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

¹ "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

¹⁹ and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

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

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.