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Bible Verses About Slander and Gossip
Find Bible verses about slander and gossip — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about slander and gossip?
The Bible addresses slander and gossip with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 18:8
“The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.”
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Proverbs 30:10
“"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.”
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Proverbs 26:20
“For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.”
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Proverbs 11:13
“One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.”
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Psalms 50:20
“You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.”
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Proverbs 26:22
“The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.”
Proverbs 16:28
“A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.”
Psalms 119:23
“Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.”
Psalms 64:3
“who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,”
Psalms 15:3
“He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;”
1 Timothy 5:13
“Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.”
Psalms 31:13
“For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.”
Jude 1:8
“Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.”
Romans 3:8
“Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.”
Genesis 9:22
“Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.”
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