26 Bible Verses about Gossip

A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.

Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:

He that goeth about talebearing, revealeth a secret, but, he that is faithful in spirit, concealeth a matter.

Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.

Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good - suited to the needful upbuilding, - that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

A perverse man, sendeth forth strife, and, a tattler, separateth intimate friends.

To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men.

Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

Be not speaking one against another, brethren! He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law; Now, if, upon law, thou art passing judgment, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge!

Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.

If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one's, religious observance is, vain:

He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not,

Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh.

Thou wouldst sit down - Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother's son, wouldst thou expose a fault: -

Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?

Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

and there was great, murmuring, about him among the multitudes: some, indeed, were saying - Good, is he! but, others, were saying - Not so! but he is leading the multitude astray. No one, nevertheless, was speaking, openly, about him, because of their fear of the Jews.

In the multitude of words, there wanteth not transgression, but, he that restraineth his lips, sheweth prudence.

the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out. The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.

He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth, out of distresses, his soul.

He that hideth a transgression, seeketh love, but, he that repeateth a matter, separateth intimate friends.

Thy contention, urge thou with thy neighbour, and, the secret of another, do not reveal: Lest he that heareth expose thee, and, the report concerning thee, turn not away.

These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: - Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood; A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;read more.
One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.

Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition, Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,