Bible Verses About Gossip

6 Bible verses about Gossip to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 11:13

One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Leviticus 19:16

“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

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