Verses with the word backbiting in the Apocrypha (3 verses):
Wisdom of Solomon 1:11
Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
Sirach 28:14
A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.
Sirach 28:15
A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
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