Bible Verses about Gossip

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• A perverse man stirs up strife.
  A whisperer separates close friends.
  Proverbs 16:28honestyfriendshiplying
• He who walks blamelessly and does what is right,
  and speaks truth in his heart;
  he who doesn’t slander with his tongue,
  nor does evil to his friend,
  nor casts slurs against his fellow man.
  Psalm 15:2-3truthblamelesslying
• One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
  but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
  Proverbs 11:13reliabilityspeakinglying
• Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
  Ephesians 4:29speakinggoodness
• With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
  but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
  Proverbs 11:9righteousnessspeakingwisdom
• He who hides hatred has lying lips.
  He who utters a slander is a fool.
  Proverbs 10:18speakinglying
• Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  Matthew 5:11blessingpersecutionevil
• Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
  1 Corinthians 6:9-10sinsalvationkingdom
• Keep your tongue from evil,
  and your lips from speaking lies.
  Psalm 34:13speakingeviltruth
• A gentle tongue is a tree of life,
  but deceit in it crushes the spirit.
  Proverbs 15:4speakingSpiritlying
• The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
  they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
  Proverbs 18:8speaking