48 Bible Verses about Backbiting

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

The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. "'You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,read more.
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another.

"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.