What Does the Bible Say About Gossipping?

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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.

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. ...

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

2 Peter 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

James 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

Romans 7:14-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ...

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 7:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Proverbs 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

23 Bible Verses about Gossipping

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:14-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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23 Bible Verses about Gossipping

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1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 16:9-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Leviticus 18:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 7:14-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 1:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes