| Ps. 15: 3 | backbiteth not with his tongue. |
| Ps. 101: 5 | whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off. |
| Prov. 25: 23 | driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. |
| Matt. 5: 11 | when men shall . . . say . . . evil. |
| Rom. 1: 30 | Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful. |
| 2 Cor. 12: 20 | lest there be debates, envyings, . . . backbitings. |
| Eph. 4: 31 | Let all . . . evil speaking be put away. |
| James 5: 9 | Grudge not one against another. |
| 1 Pet. 2: 1 | laying aside . . . all evil speakings. |
| Alma 5: 30 | doth make a mock of his brother. |
| Ether 7: 24 | people did revile against the prophets. |
| D&C 20: 54 | see that there is no . . . backbiting, nor evil speaking. |
| D&C 42: 27 | Thou shalt not speak evil of thy neighbor. |
| D&C 88: 124 | cease to find fault one with another. |
| D&C 136: 23 | cease to speak evil one of another. |