Nave’s Topical Bible
Backbiting
4 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- General scriptures concerning
Psalms 15:1-3; Proverbs 25:23; Romans 1:28,30; 2 Corinthians 12:20
See SLANDER
See SPEAKING, EVIL
Bible verses about “Backbiting”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Psalms 15:1Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
- Psalms 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
- Psalms 15:3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For 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: