1 Timothy 5:13
"And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not."
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- Proverbs 20:19
"He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips."
Read in chapter → - 2 Thessalonians 3:6
"Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 31:27
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 19:16
"Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
Read in chapter → - James 3:10
"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be."
Read in chapter → - Luke 10:7
"And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house."
Read in chapter → - Acts 20:30
"Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them."
Read in chapter → - Acts 20:20
"And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,"
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 4:15
"But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters."
Read in chapter → - Titus 1:11
"Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake."
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