Bible verses about "busybodies" | BBE

² For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

⁸ If anyone has no care for his family and those in his house, he is false to the faith, and is worse than one who has no faith.

¹⁶ Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

⁶ Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.

³ It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

¹⁵ Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

¹¹ For it has come to our ears that there are some among you whose behaviour is uncontrolled, who do no work at all, but are over-interested in the business of others.

¹¹ And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;

¹³ And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.