34 Bible Verses about gossiping

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,

But, the profane pratings, shun; for, unto more ungodliness, will they force themselves on;

Moreover, not to all the words which men speak, do thou apply thy heart, - lest thou hear thine own servant reviling thee!

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

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

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

Thy contention, urge thou with thy neighbour, and, the secret of another, do not reveal:

the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.

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

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

Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour;

Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition,

For I fear - lest, by any means, when I come, not such as I wish, should I find you, and, I, should be found by you, such as ye do not wish; - lest, by any means, I should find strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, railings, whisperings, puffed up pretensions, confusions; -

The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.

Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip, - Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

Wives, in the same way, - dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things.

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

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

Even in thy thought, do not revile, the king, nor, within thy bed-chambers, revile thou the rich, - for, a bird of the heavens, might carry the voice, yea, an owner of wings, might tell the matter.

And, their discourse, as a gangrene, will eat its way; - of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

They who sit in the gate talk against me, - And against me are the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

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.

without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self-control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men,

We hear, in fact, of some who are walking among you in a disorderly way, at nothing, working, yet too busily working!

Aged women, in the same way, in deportment, as becometh sacred persons, not given to intrigue, nor yet, to much wine, enslaved, teachers of virtue, -

A north wind, bringeth forth rain, and, a face stirred with indignation, a secretive tongue.

And, if he have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

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

An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.

For there must needs be, even parties among you, that, the approved, themselvesmay become manifest among you.

Therefore, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh-Because even because they have desolated and panted for you on every side That ye should become a possession to the rest of the nations, And ye have come up into the talk of the tongue and the slander of the people

Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,