- Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
- Psalm 15:3
He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
- Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all sins.
- Proverbs 11:13
A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.
- Exodus 20:16
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man sows strife,
And a whisperer separates the best of friends.
- Proverbs 17:9
He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates friends.
- Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body.
- Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
- Luke 6:31
And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
- 1 Timothy 5:13
And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
- James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
- James 3:8
But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
