Gossipers

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

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

but the tongue can no man tame; it is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

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

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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

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.

A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

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

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →

But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,

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;

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

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

With his mouth the godless man destroyeth his neighbor; But through knowledge shall the righteous be delivered.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

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

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

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; — read the full passage →

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Now these are the heads of their fathers’houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, — read the full passage →

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; But he that refraineth his lips doeth wisely.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart; — read the full passage →

And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day and night.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. — read the full passage →

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

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

Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren: — read the full passage →

He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

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

And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men’s matters:

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience: — read the full passage →

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

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. — read the full passage →

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. — read the full passage →

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, — read the full passage →

All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.

But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another; — read the full passage →

A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes. — read the full passage →

And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

And it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →