26 Bible Verses about Gossip

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips!

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

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.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

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

My enemies say of me in malice, "When will he die, and his name perish?"

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray." Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret, lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end.

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,read more.
a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,