26 Bible Verses about Gossip

He revealing a secret going about tale-bearing: and thou shalt not intermingle with him embracing his lips.

Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceit

He going about tale-bearing reveals a secret: and he being faithful of spirit hides the word.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch to my mouth; guard over the door of my lips.

Let not any foul word go out of your mouth, but if any good to the building of necessity, that it might give grace to them hearing.

A man of perverseness shall send forth strife: and a tale-bearer separates friends.

To slander none, to be without fighting, equitable, showing all meekness to all men.

Thou shalt not take up a false report: thou shalt not put thy hand with the unjust one to be a witness of wrong.

Speak not against one another, brethren. He speaking against a brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: and if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

In the ceasing of wood, fire will go out: and in not being a tale-bearer, strife will subside.

If any among you seem to be religious, bridling not his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion of this one vain.

Slandering his neighbor in secret, him will I cut off: him being lofty of eyes and broad of heart, with him I will not eat

And at the same time also they learn to be idle, going round about the houses; and not only idle, but also indulging in idle talk, and occupied with unnecessary things, speaking things not becoming.

Thou shalt not go a slanderer among thy people; thou shalt not stand upon the blood of thy neighbor: I Jehovah.

Thou wilt sit, and thou wilt speak against thy brother; against the son of thy, mother thou wilt give a stumbling-block.

Mine enemies will say evil to me: When shall he die, and his name perish?

Thou shalt not testify against thy friend for falsehood.

And much murmuring was for him in the crowds: some truly said, That he is good: and others said, No; but he deceives the crowd. However none spake of him with freedom of speech, for fear of the Jews.

In the multitude of words transgression shall not cease: and he withholding his lips is prudent

The lips of the foolish one will come into contention, and his mouth will call for blows. The mouth of the foolish is destruction to him, and his lips the snare of his soul.

He watching his mouth and his tongue watches his soul from straits.

He covering transgression seeks love; and he perverting in the word, separates a, friend.

Contend thy contention with thy neighbor; and thou shalt not reveal the secret of another: Lest he hearing shall reproach thee, and thine infamy shall not turn away.

These six Jehovah hated, and seven an abomination of his soul: Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood, A heart fabricating purposes of iniquity; feet being quick to run to evil,read more.
A witness of falsehood, breathing out lies, and sending strife between brethren.

He covering hatred with lips of falsehood, and he bringing forth slander, is foolish.

Having been filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, badness; full of envy, slaughter, strife, deceit, malignity, Whisperers, slanderers, odious to God, abusers of power, proud, tumultuous, inventors of injuries, disobedient to parents,