Bible Verses about Gossip
| A perverse person spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. | A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. |
| Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue, and do no evil to their friends, nor take up a reproach against their neighbors. | He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend. |
| A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. | Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered. |
| Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. | Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. |
| With their mouths the godless would destroy their neighbors, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. | With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. | Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. |
| Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. | Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. | The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. |
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