1 Timothy 5:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, gadding about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Acts 20:30

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Titus 1:11

they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach.

Acts 20:20

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house,

Luke 10:7

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand forth against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

3 John 1:10

So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, prating against me with evil words. And not content with that, he refuses himself to welcome the brethren, and also stops those who want to welcome them and puts them out of the church.

1 Peter 4:15

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brethren, this ought not to be so.

Proverbs 7:11

She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home;

Proverbs 11:13

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

1 Timothy 5:12

and so they incur condemnation for having violated their first pledge.