26 Bible Verses about Gossip

The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the Lord.

You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

My enemies ask this cruel question about me, 'When will he finally die and be forgotten?'

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people." However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders.

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person, lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,read more.
a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,