A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
1 Timothy 5:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, as they go about from house to house, they learn to be idlers, and not only idlers, but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say and talking of things they should not mention. American Standard Version (1901) And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. Common English Bible Also, they learn to be lazy by going from house to house. They are not only lazy, but they also become gossips and busybodies, talking about things they shouldn’t. Catholic Public Domain Version And being at the same time also idle, they learn to go from house to house, being not only idle, but also talkative and curious, speaking of things which do not concern them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also, and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. |
A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid someone with a big mouth.
Do not go about spreading slander among your people; do not jeopardise your neighbour’s life; I am the Lord.
Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t move from house to house.
You know that I did not hesitate to proclaim anything to you that was profitable and to teach you publicly and from house to house.
Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.
and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.
It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.
This is why, if I come, I will remind him of the works he is doing, slandering us with malicious words. And he is not satisfied with that! He not only refuses to welcome fellow believers, but he even stops those who want to do so and expels them from the church.