1 Timothy 5:13

New American Bible - revised edition

And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:13

One who slanders reveals secrets, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 20:19

A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

Proverbs 31:27

She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 7:11

She is raucous and unruly, her feet cannot stay at home;

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about spreading slander among your people; nor shall you stand by idly when your neighbor’s life is at stake. I am the Lord.

Luke 10:7

Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another.

Acts 20:20

and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes.

Acts 20:30

And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

1 Timothy 5:12

and will incur condemnation for breaking their first pledge.

Titus 1:11

It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not.

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. This need not be so, my brothers.

1 Peter 4:15

But let no one among you be made to suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as an intriguer.

3 John 1:10

Therefore, if I come, I will draw attention to what he is doing, spreading evil nonsense about us. And not content with that, he will not receive the brothers, hindering those who wish to do so and expelling them from the church.