34 Bible Verses about gossiping

And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn [to be] idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things [that are] not necessary.

But avoid pointless chatter, for it will progress to greater ungodliness,

Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.

For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.

A gossip walks [about] telling a secret, but the trustworthy in spirit keeps [the] matter.

He reveals a secret, he who walks [about with] gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

Argue your argument with your neighbor [himself], the secret of another do not disclose,

The words of a whisper [are] like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down [to] inner parts of the body.

A person of perversity will spread dissent, and he who whispers separates a close friend.

He who forgives an affront fosters love, but he who waits on a matter will alienate a friend.

He does not slander with his tongue. He does not harm his friend, nor {bring up} a disgrace against his neighbor.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,

For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

He who does evil listens to lips of wickedness, [and] the liar gives heed to the tongue of mischief.

Do not slander a servant to his master, or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.

The wives likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all [things].

You shall not go [about with] slander among your people; {you shall not endanger your neighbor's life}; I [am] Yahweh.

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.

and their message {will spread} like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Those sitting at [the] gate talk about me [as] also [the] songs of [the] drunkards.

" 'You will not {spread} a false report. Do not lift your hand with [the] wicked to be a malicious witness.

hardhearted, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, with no interest for what is good,

For we hear [that] some among you are living irresponsibly, working [at] nothing, but being busybodies.

Older women likewise [are to be] reverent in [their] behavior, not slanderous, not enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

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

A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips [are] like a scorching fire.

For indeed it is necessary that there be factions among you, in order that those who are approved may become evident among you.

Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed} {when you were desolate}, then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents,