48 Bible Verses about Backbiting

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish--that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,read more.
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,

"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

"You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,

when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble.