Bible Verses About Busybodies
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for busybodies, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 966 votes, led by 1 Timothy 5:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Busybodies
1 Timothy 5:13164 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:11109 votes
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
2 Thessalonians 3:1198 votes
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
1 Peter 4:1561 votes
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
Proverbs 20:350 votes
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Leviticus 19:1641 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.
Titus 2:336 votes
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
2 Thessalonians 3:634 votes
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
1 Timothy 5:828 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
2 Thessalonians 3:1226 votes
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Proverbs 24:225 votes
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Ephesians 5:1-3322 votes
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
1 Peter 3:722 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Mark 7:620 votes
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Proverbs 18:819 votes
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 18:918 votes
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 30:517 votes
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Matthew 18:1717 votes
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
2 Timothy 3:1617 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Thessalonians 3:1414 votes
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
Proverbs 20:413 votes
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Matthew 7:1213 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Isaiah 8:2012 votes
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Romans 6:2312 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:1212 votes
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
What does the Bible say about busybodies?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 5:13 on the subject of busybodies. Across 966 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Thessalonians 4:11, 2 Thessalonians 3:11, 1 Peter 4:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.