Bible Verses about Gossip
| A perverse man sows strife, and a tale-bearer destroys close friendships. | A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. |
| The one who leads a blameless life and does what is right, who speaks the truth from the heart and does not slander anyone, who does not harm a friend and does not scorn a neighbor. | He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. |
| One who gossips reveals secrets, but a trustworthy man keeps things hidden. | A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. |
| Let no foul word ever pass your lips. Say only what is useful for edification, so that your words may benefit your listeners. | Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. |
| With his mouth the godless man seeks to ruin his neighbor, but knowledge enables the righteous to be delivered. | An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and anyone who slanders another is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and utter all kinds of calumnies against you for my sake. | Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. |
| Are you not aware that wrongdoers will never inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, extortioners, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. | Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. |
| Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but an undisciplined tongue crushes the spirit. | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. |
| The whispers of a gossiper are tasty morsels that corrode one’s inner being. | The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. |
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