Bible Verses About Gossiping
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for gossiping, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 325 votes, led by Ephesians 4:29. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Gossiping
Ephesians 4:2965 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.
Proverbs 16:2849 votes
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 6:16-1942 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
1 Timothy 5:1333 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.
Proverbs 26:2031 votes
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 17:924 votes
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
2 Corinthians 12:2015 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:
Isaiah 11:314 votes
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
James 4:1114 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.
Exodus 20:1613 votes
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 26:2213 votes
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
2 Timothy 4:3-412 votes
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
What does the Bible say about gossiping?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:29 on the subject of gossiping. Across 325 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 6:16-19, 1 Timothy 5:13. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.