26 Bible Verses about Gossip

Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences; so don't get involved with someone who talks too much.

Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.

Whoever spreads gossip betrays secrets, but the trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

LORD, set a guard over my mouth; keep watch over the door to my lips.

Let no filthy talk be heard from your mouths, but only what is good for building up people and meeting the need of the moment. This way you will administer grace to those who hear you.

A deceitful man stirs dissension, and anyone who gossips separates friends.

They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone.

"You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.

Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.

If anyone thinks that he is religious and does not bridle his tongue, but instead deceives himself, his religion is worthless.

I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

"You are not to go around slandering your people. "You are not to stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the LORD.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

As for my enemies, with malice they said, "When will he die and memory of his name perish?"

"You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.

And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," while others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the crowds!" Nevertheless, no one would speak openly about him because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.

Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.

A fool's words bring strife, and his mouth invites fighting. A fool's mouth is his unraveling, and his lips entrap himself.

Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble.

Anyone who overlooks an offense promotes love, but someone who gossips separates close friends.

Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor, and don't betray another person's confidence. Otherwise, anyone who hears will make you ashamed, and your bad reputation will never leave you.

Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him: Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness,read more.
a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.

Whoever conceals hatred is a deceitful liar, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, haughty, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to their parents,