'Gossip' in the Bible
When I dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.
Though nobles take their seat and gossip about me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
Whoever spreads gossip betrays secrets, but the trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
A worthless person concocts evil gossip his lips are like a burning fire.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.
Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences; so don't get involved with someone who talks too much.
Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.
The words of a gossip are like delicate morsels; they sink down deep within.
"Therefore this is what you are to prophesy: "Here's what the Lord GOD says, "You've been turned into a desolate wasteland and crushed by everyone who surrounds you for a very, very good reason. You've become the property of all the other nations and you've become the object of gossip and whispering campaigns of the nations."'"
I am afraid that I may come and somehow find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me. Perhaps there will be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly conduct.