1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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- Proverbs 20:19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6–8 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us. For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
- Proverbs 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.