34 Bible Verses about gossiping

And, at the same time, they learn also to be idle, going about to people's houses; and not only idle, but also gossipers and meddlers, speaking things not becoming.

But profane, vain babblings shun, for they will advance to greater impiety,

Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.

He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up again separateth very friends.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that I be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;

A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings,

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.

Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,

For we hear that there are some walking among you disorderly, not working at all, but busybodies.

that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

For there must also be sects among you, that the approved may become manifest among you.

therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, yea, because they have made you desolate, and have swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and in the defaming of the people:

back-biters, hateful to God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,