"Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the…

"Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men" -…

"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" - 1 Timothy 5:13 KJV

"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers" - Ephesians 4:29 KJV

"For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies" - 2 Thessalonians 3:11 KJV

"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;" - Titus 2:3 KJV

"Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD" - Leviticus 19:16 KJV

"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:" - 1 Peter 3:10 KJV

"Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer" - Psalms 101:5 KJV

"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment" - Matthew 12:36 KJV

"He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips" - Proverbs 20:19 KJV

"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:" - Ephesians 4:31 KJV

"An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered" - Proverbs 11:9 KJV

"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends" - Proverbs 17:9 KJV

"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile" - Psalms 34:13 KJV

"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings," - 1 Peter 2:1 KJV

"Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth" - Proverbs 26:20 KJV

"The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly" - Proverbs 18:8 KJV

"A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter" - Proverbs 11:13 KJV

"Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things" - 1 Timothy 3:11 KJV

"He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool" - Proverbs 10:18 KJV

"A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren" - Proverbs 6:19 KJV

"Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better" - Ecclesiastes 10:11 KJV

"A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends" - Proverbs 16:28 KJV