Bible Verses About Talebearer: General references

Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put my trust in thee.

I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.

To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.

He that walketh deceitfully, revealeth secrets: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing committed to him by his friend.

A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

He that concealeth a transgression, seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.

The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.

The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.

But the younger widows avoid. For when they have grown wanton in Christ, they will marry:

And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not.