Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
To be
Wandering
Busy-bodies
Speaking
General references
Bible References
To be
2 Thessalonians 3:6
We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.
Wandering
Luke 10:7
Remain at that same house, and eat and drink whatever they offer you; for the worker is worth his wages. Do not keep changing from one house to another.
Acts 20:20
I never shrank from telling you anything that could be helpful to you, or from teaching you both in public and in private.
Busy-bodies
2 Thessalonians 3:11
We hear that there are among you people who are living ill- ordered lives, and who, instead of attending to their own business, are mere busy-bodies.
1 Peter 4:15
I need hardly say that no one among you must suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a criminal, or for interfering in matters which do not concern Christians.
Speaking
Acts 20:30
And from among yourselves, too, men will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.
Titus 1:11
whose mouths ought to be stopped; for they upset whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, merely to make questionable gains.
James 3:10
From the very same mouth come blessings and curses! My Brothers, it is not right that this should be so.
General references
Matthew 19:10
"If that," said the disciples, "is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry."