34 Bible Verses about gossiping

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1 Timothy 5:13

Now at the same time, they also learn to be idle as they go from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies [meddlers in things that do not concern them], talking about things they should not mention.

2 Timothy 2:16

But avoid all irreverent babble and godless chatter [with its profane, empty words], for it will lead to further ungodliness,

Ecclesiastes 7:21

Also, do not take seriously everything that is said, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you,

Proverbs 26:20


For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

Proverbs 11:13


He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets,
But he who is trustworthy and faithful keeps a matter hidden.

Proverbs 20:19


He who goes about as a gossip reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with a gossip [who talks freely or flatters].

Proverbs 25:9


Argue your case with your neighbor himself [before you go to court];
And do not reveal another’s secret,

Proverbs 18:8


The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];
They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].

Psalm 15:3


He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Romans 1:29

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder;

Proverbs 17:4


An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.

Proverbs 30:10


Do not slander or malign a servant before his master [stay out of another’s personal life],
Or he will curse you [for your interference], and you will be found guilty.

1 Timothy 3:11

Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Moreover, do not curse the king, even in your bedroom, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse the rich, for a bird of the air will carry the sound and a winged creature will make the matter known.

2 Timothy 2:17

and their teaching will spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus,

Psalm 69:12


They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.

Exodus 23:1

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

2 Timothy 3:3

[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,

2 Thessalonians 3:11

Indeed, we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined and inappropriate life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies [meddling in other people’s business].

Titus 2:3

Older women similarly are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor addicted to much wine, teaching what is right and good,

Psalm 41:6


And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and slander be put away from you, along with every kind of malice [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence].

Proverbs 16:27


A worthless man devises and digs up evil,
And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

1 Corinthians 11:19

for [doubtless] there have to be factions among you, so that those who are of approved character may be clearly recognized among you.

Ezekiel 36:3

therefore prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “For good reason they have made you a desolation, and they crushed you from every side so that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have become the talk and the whispering of the people.”’”

Romans 1:30

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,

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