Original collection
GOSSIP: Prov 6:17,19; 20:19
Key KJV Scriptures:
Proverbs 11:13; 16:28; 18:8; 26:20; Romans 1:29-30; 2 Corinthians 12:20; 1 Timothy 5:13
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
12 indexed verses · Showing 1–12. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Leviticus 19:16 (KJV)
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.
Psalms 50:20 (KJV)
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Proverbs 11:13 (KJV)
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs 16:28 (KJV)
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 18:8 (KJV)
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 20:19 (KJV)
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs 26:20 (KJV)
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Ezekiel 22:9 (KJV)
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Romans 1:29 (KJV)
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Romans 1:30 (KJV)
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Corinthians 12:20 (KJV)
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:
1 Timothy 5:13 (KJV)
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.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.