26 Bible Verses about Gossip

The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip;
avoid someone with a big mouth.

Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.

A gossip goes around revealing a secret,
but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Lord, set up a guard for my mouth;
keep watch at the door of my lips.

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

“You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.

I will destroy anyone
who secretly slanders his neighbor;
I cannot tolerate anyone
with haughty eyes or an arrogant heart.

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.

My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving the people.” Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,
but the one who controls his lips is wise.

A fool’s lips lead to strife,
and his mouth provokes a beating. A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.

The one who guards his mouth and tongue
keeps himself out of trouble.

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love,
but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;
otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.

The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to Him:
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,
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a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, arrogant, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,