Proverbs 6:16-19 (ESV)
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies,
even when the plea of the needy is just.
Isaiah 32:7 (BSB)
You snakes! You brood of vipers!
How will you escape being condemned to hell?
Matthew 23:33 (NIV)
You shall not spread a false report.
Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
Exodus 23:1 (BSB)
Let those who are experts at cursing—
whose cursing could rouse Leviathan— curse that day.
Job 3:8 (NLT)
Don’t use foul or abusive language.
Let everything you say be good and helpful,
so that your words will be an encouragement
to those who hear them.
Ephesians 4:29 (NLT)