34 Bible Verses about gossiping

and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,

The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.

'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

without natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, not lovers of those who are good,

for we hear of certain walking among you disorderly, nothing working, but over working,

aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.

And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

for it behoveth sects also to be among you, that those approved may become manifest among you;

therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because, of desolating, And of swallowing you up from round about, For your being a possession to the remnant of the nations, And ye are taken up on the tip of the tongue, And are an evil report of the people.

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,