16 “‘You must not go around among your people for the sake of slandering.+ You must not stand up against your fellow’s blood.+ I am Jehovah.

19 And now let my lord the king, please, listen to the words of his servant: If it is Jehovah that has incited you against me, let him smell a grain offering.+ But if it is the sons of man,*+ they are cursed before Jehovah,+ because they have driven me out today from feeling myself attached to the inheritance of Jehovah,+ saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’+

28 A man of intrigues keeps sending forth contention,+ and a slanderer is separating those familiar with one another.+

4 The evildoer is paying attention to the lip of hurtfulness.+ A falsifier* is giving ear to the tongue causing adversities.+