What the King James Bible says about whispering and sowing discord between friends — every relevant verse, gathered in one place, with nothing added.
45 King James verses · Bible order · Scripture only, King James only
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Exodus 4:10
And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. eloquent: Heb. a man of wordsheretofore: Heb. since yesterday, nor since the third day
2 Samuel 12:19
But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
2 Samuel 23:2
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. uttereth: Heb. teacheth
Job 20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 27:4
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 29:10
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid
Job 33:2
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. in my mouth: Heb. in my palate
Psalms 5:9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. faithfulness: or, stedfastnesstheir mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of themvery...: Heb. wickednesses
Psalms 10:7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceitsvanity: or, iniquity
Psalms 12:3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: proud: Heb. great
Psalms 34:13
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39:1
[To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth
Psalms 41:7
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. my...: Heb. evil to me
Psalms 50:19
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest
Psalms 66:17
I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
Psalms 71:24
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Psalms 73:9
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms 78:36
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms 119:172
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. soweth: Heb. sendeth forth
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. talebearer: or, whispereras wounds: or, like as when men are woundedmost...: Heb. chambers
Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Where no...: Heb. Without woodtalebearer: or, whispererceaseth: Heb. is silent
Isaiah 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. stammering...: Heb. stammerings of lipwill...: or, he hath spoken
Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. whisper: Heb. peep, or, chirp
Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. stammering: or, ridiculous
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Jeremiah 9:4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. neighbour: or, friend
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. in heart: Heb. in the midst of himhis wait: or, wait for him
Ezekiel 3:5
For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; of a...: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue
Ezekiel 36:3
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: Because: Heb. Because for becauseare...: or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue
Zephaniah 3:13
The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Luke 1:64
And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
Acts 26:14
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Romans 1:29
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1 Corinthians 14:5
I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1 Corinthians 14:9
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. easy...: Gr. significant
1 Corinthians 14:19
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1 Corinthians 14:21
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
1 Corinthians 14:23
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: