From Nave’s Topical Bible
Gossip
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 5Passages listed
- 4Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- FORBIDDENLeviticus 19:16Psalms 50:20Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 20:19Ezekiel 22:9
- See Slander
- See Speaking, Evil
The passages, in Bible order (5)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 5 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Leviticus 19:16
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Commentary on Leviticus 19:162 voices
Ye shall not steal--A variety of social duties are inculcated in this passage, chiefly in reference to common and little-thought-of vices to which mankind are exceedingly prone; such as committing petty frauds, or not scrupling to violate truth in transactions of business, ridiculing bodily infirmities, or circulating stories to the prejudice of others.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 50:20
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
Commentary on Psalms 50:202 voices
Ver. 20. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. He sits down to it, makes it his meat, studies it, resolves upon it, becomes a master of defamation, occupies the chair of calumny. His nearest friend is not safe, his dearest relative escapes not. Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. He ought to love him best, but he has an ill word for him. The son of one's own mother was to the Oriental a very tender relation; but the wretched slanderer knows no claims of kindred.
Charles Spurgeon· The Treasury of David (1869-1885)Reformed
They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments. God, no longer (even in appearance) disregarding such, exposes their sins and threatens a terrible punishment.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- Proverbs 11:13
A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Commentary on Proverbs 11:132 voices
"He who walks prudently reveals secrets," etc. And the Lord in the Gospel, "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother," etc. (Matt. XVIII). From this, …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
A talebearer revealeth secrets,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Commentary on Proverbs 20:192 voices
And he who reveals mysteries, etc. If anyone wishes to join your circle of friends and you see him revealing the secrets of a former friend, beware of him as a traitor.
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezekiel 22:9
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
Commentary on Ezekiel 22:92 voices
(Chapter 22, Verses 1 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: And you, son of man, do you not judge the city of blood, and show her all her abominations? And say: Thus says the Lord God: The city that sheds blood within herself, so that her time may come, and that has made idols against herself to defile herself. In your blood that was shed, you have sinned, and you have defiled yourself with your idols that you have made.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood,.... Innocent blood, as the Targum; such who go from house to house, as pedlars do, with their wares or spices, as the word (a) signifies; hence the Syriac version renders it "merchants"; and carry tales and lies of innocent persons, and stir up others against them to wrath and revenge, and shed their blood; or that go to the courts of judicature, and there accuse innocent persons, and bear false witness against them, to the taking away of their lives.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed