7 Bible Verses about Busybodies
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For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.
Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
You have indeed struck down Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Be content with your glory, and stay at home, for why should you provoke trouble so that you fall, you and Judah with you?"