Bible verses about "gossip" | ASV

¹ Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁶ There are six things which Jehovah hateth;
Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood; ¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,
Feet that are swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ A false witness that uttereth lies,
And he that soweth discord among brethren.

⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy:
Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred is of lying lips;
And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

²⁹ being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

¹³ And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

²⁶ If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

²⁰ For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

¹¹ Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

² to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

⁸ The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts.

¹³ He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goeth out;
And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

²⁸ A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.