⁹ And David saith to Saul, `Why dost thou hear the words of man, saying, Lo, David is seeking thine evil?

¹⁶ `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

²¹ Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

²² For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.

¹² A ruler who is attending to lying words, All his ministers `are' wicked.

²⁸ A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

²⁰ Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

²¹ Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

²² The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

²³ A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

⁸ The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

⁴ An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

²⁸ A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

⁶ Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

¹⁹ And, now, let, I pray thee, my lord the king hear the words of his servant: if Jehovah hath moved thee against me, let Him accept a present; and if the sons of men -- cursed `are' they before Jehovah, for they have cast me out to-day from being admitted into the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

⁶ and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.