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