2 And not to speak evil against any man, and not to be quarrelsome, but to be meek, in every respect showing gentleness to all men.
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, misled, and serving divers lusts and passions, living in malice and envy, hated, and also hating one another.
4 But after the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour was manifested,
5 Not so much by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs to the hope of eternal life.
8 This is a true saying, and these things I want you to constantly affirm, so that those who believe in God may be careful to continually do good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and the theological arguments of the scribes, for they are unprofitable and vain.
Bible verses about "rumors" | Lamsa
Titus 3:2-9
Matthew 7:12
12 Whatever you wish men to do for you, do likewise also for them; for this is the law and the prophets.
James 3:3-8
3 Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, great as they are, when driven by severe winds, they are turned about with a very small rudder, wherever the pilot wishes.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Likewise, a small fire sets ablaze the large forests.
6 The tongue is a fire, and the sinful world like a forest: that very tongue, while it is among our members, can defile our whole body, and set on fire the records of our race which have rolled down from the beginning: and in the end it is consumed by fire.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of creatures of the sea and of the land are under the subjugation of the will of man.
8 But the tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
2 Timothy 2:23
23 Keep away from foolish disputes which do not educate, you know they cause strife.