34 Bible Verses about gossiping

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.

The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.

A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor.

They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the Lord.

So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs.

"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others.

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.

You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk.

You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

So prophesy and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people,

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,