Biblical warning about gossip

BIBLICAL WARNINGS ABOUT GOSSIP
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Romans 1:29-32

29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;

31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.

32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them

James 1:26

26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

James 4:11

11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

Leviticus 19:16

16 “ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD

Proverbs 10:18

18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:9

9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape

Proverbs 16:28

28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends

Proverbs 17:9

9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends

Proverbs 18:8

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts

Proverbs 20:19

19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.

Proverbs 26:20

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

Proverbs 18:6-7

6 The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.

7 The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives

Proverbs 26:20-22

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.