26 Bible Verses about Gossip

A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch for my mouth, Watch Thou over the door of my lips.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome -- gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;

Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am Jehovah.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said -- 'He is good;' and others said, 'No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;' no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not, Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul. Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- read more.
A false witness who doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,