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Leviticus
19:16 -
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
11:13 -
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs
16:28 -
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
17:4 -
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs
18:8 -
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
20:19 -
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Proverbs
26:20 -
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
26:22 -
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs
26:28 -
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs
29:5 -
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Matthew
12:36 -
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Romans
1:29 -
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
2 Corinthians
12:20 -
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:
Ephesians
4:29 -
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.
1 Timothy
5:13 -
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.
James
1:26 -
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.
James
3:5 -
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James
3:6 -
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James
4:11 -
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.
Proverbs
6:16 -
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs
6:17 -
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs
6:18 -
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs
6:19 -
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Psalms
34:13 -
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
101:5 -
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
10:18 -
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs
12:22 -
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs
14:21 -
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs
17:9 -
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
