Bible Verses About Gossip

1. One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

2. He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

3. For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

4. Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

5. If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

6. “‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

7. The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

8. “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

9. I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

10. He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

11. Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Verses quoted from the World English Bible (public domain).

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