Sirach 28:16

¹⁴A 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.

¹⁵A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.

— Sirach 28:16 —

¹⁷The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

¹⁸Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.