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"Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”(Prov. 18:21 ASV)
The Rabbis had a proverb...
"The evil tongue slays three.
The slanderer, the slandered and the listener.”
Sobering wisdom.
"But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.””(Matt. 12:36”“37 NKJV)