Quotes about Gossip
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
— Proverbs 11:13
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
— Proverbs 16:28
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
— Proverbs 18:8
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
— Proverbs 20:19
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
— Proverbs 25:23
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
— Proverbs 26:20
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
— Proverbs 26:22
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
— Ezekiel 33:30
All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
— Luke 1:65
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
— 2 Corinthians 12:20
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
— 2 Thessalonians 3:11
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
— 1 Timothy 5:13