Bible Verses About Backbiting
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for backbiting, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 13,470 votes, led by Proverbs 16:28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Backbiting
Proverbs 16:28360 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 25:23349 votes
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
2 Corinthians 12:20261 votes
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Leviticus 19:16231 votes
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
Proverbs 20:19215 votes
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 26:20213 votes
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Psalms 101:5202 votes
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Proverbs 11:13193 votes
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Romans 16:17-18180 votes
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Psalms 15:1-3177 votes
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
James 4:11173 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
James 4:11-12142 votes
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
1 Peter 2:1129 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Proverbs 18:8125 votes
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
James 1:26125 votes
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Proverbs 17:9124 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Titus 3:2119 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Ephesians 4:29104 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
John 3:16101 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Proverbs 10:1899 votes
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Romans 1:29-3086 votes
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1 Timothy 5:1386 votes
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Matthew 12:3783 votes
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Proverbs 18:2182 votes
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Matthew 6:16-1877 votes
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
What does the Bible say about backbiting?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 16:28 on the subject of backbiting. Across 13,470 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 25:23, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Leviticus 19:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.