Gossip and slander are things unbecoming of a follower of Christ. Gossip is always against the will of the Lord. The Lord commands us not to lie about others, and also not to discourage others. Gossip is neither truthful or encouraging. We should watch our mouth, and be careful what we say about others, especially our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
Bible Verses on Slander and Gossip:
Proverbs 10:18 – “He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.”
Proverbs 14:5 – “A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.”
Jeremiah 27:10 – “For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”
Zechariah 10:2 – “For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.”
John 8:44 – “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
Romans 9:1 – “I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,”
Colossians 3:9 – “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
Psalm 31:18 – “Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”
Psalm 59:12 – “For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.”
Psalm 109:2 – “For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.”
Psalm 120:2 – “Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.”
Proverbs 12:22 – “Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”
Proverbs 13:5 – “A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.”
Proverbs 26:28 – “A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”
Jonah 2:8 – “They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
