Busybody

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Bible verses about “Busybody”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
• Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• 1 Timothy 5:13And 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.
• 1 Peter 4:15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.