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
Now we charge you, brothers, on the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, to hold yourselves aloof from any brother who is living as a shirker instead of following the teachings you received from us.
Wandering
Luke 10:7
Stay on at the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the workman deserves his support. Do not keep moving about from house to house.
Acts 20:20
I never shrank from telling you anything that was for your good, nor from teaching you in public and in private,
Busy-bodies
2 Thessalonians 3:11
But we are informed that some among you are living as shirkers, mere busybodies, instead of busy at work.
1 Peter 4:15
For not one of you should suffer as a murderer or as a thief or any sort of criminal, or as a meddler in other people's business,
Speaking
Acts 20:30
Even from your own number men will appear who will try, by speaking perversions of truth, to draw away the disciples after them.
Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped, for they upset whole families by teaching things they ought not to think, for the sake of dishonest gain.
James 3:10
Out of the same mouth flow blessing and cursing! It ought not to be like this, my brothers.
General references
Matthew 19:10
The disciples said to Him, "If that is a man's relation to his wife, there is no advantage in getting married."