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What the Bible says about gossip
The 12 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.
Prov 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.Prov 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.Prov 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.1 Tim 5:13
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.Prov 11:13
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.Lev 19:16
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.Prov 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.Prov 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.Exod 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.Jas 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.Ps 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.Matt 12:36
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.
Sources
The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain