Ben Sira 28:13

13 Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.

Ben Sira 28:13 In-Context

11 A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.

12 If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; yet both come out of your mouth.

13 Curse the gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.

14 Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.

15 Slander has driven virtuous women from their homes, and deprived them of the fruit of their toil.