Topic
Gossip
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 19:16Nave FORBIDDEN
¶ 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.
- Psalms 50:20Nave FORBIDDEN
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
- Proverbs 11:13Nave FORBIDDEN
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
- Proverbs 20:19Nave FORBIDDEN
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
- Ezekiel 22:9Nave FORBIDDEN
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.