96 Bible Verses About Gossip

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.