7 Bible Verses about Busybodies
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For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies.
And also at the same time they learn to be idle, roving the houses, and not only idle, but also babbling and meddlesome, speaking things that they ought not.
He who passes by, [and] meddles with strife not his, [is like] he who takes a dog by the ears.
For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody.
For we hear of some who walk among you disorderly, not working at all, but being busybodies. Now to such men we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that, working with quietness, they should eat their own bread.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
Thou have indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up. Glory by it, and abide at home, for why should thou meddle to [thy] hurt, that thou should fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?