What Does the Bible Say About Busybodies?

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 150 helpful votes

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

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 101 helpful votes

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 88 helpful votes

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

1 Peter 4:15 ESV / 49 helpful votes

But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 46 helpful votes

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 35 helpful votes

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

Titus 2:3 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

2 Thessalonians 3:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Proverbs 24:2 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

2 Thessalonians 3:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ...

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Mark 7:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

2 Thessalonians 3:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Romans 10:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Deuteronomy 4:1-49 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. ...

Ephesians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

1 Corinthians 16:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.

Acts 2:45 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Acts 2:42 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

John 21:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Deuteronomy 12:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.

James 1:1-27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. ...

Romans 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 20:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

John 3:1-36 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ...

Mark 16:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”

Revelation 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Revelation 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’

Revelation 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Hebrews 5:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

Acts 20:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.

Luke 13:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Matthew 19:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”

51 Bible Verses about Busybodies

1 Timothy 5:13 ESV / 150 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ESV / 101 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:11 ESV / 88 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 4:15 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 19:16 ESV / 35 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:3 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:6 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 24:2 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:12 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:1-33 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 7:6 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 18:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 18:17 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 30:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Thessalonians 3:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 20:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 5:18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 8:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:11 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 13:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 4:1-49 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 16:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:45 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:42 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 21:25 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 12:32 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:1-27 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 20:30 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:1-36 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 16:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 20:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 13:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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