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1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

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ASV

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.

KJV

And 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.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἅμαhamaAt the same timeG260 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
ἀργαὶargai[to be] idleG692 →
μανθάνουσινmanthanousinthey learnG3129 →
περιερχόμεναιperierchomenaigoing aboutG4022 →
τὰςtas<the>G3588 →
οἰκίας.oikiashouse to house.G3614 →
οὐounotG3756 →
μόνονmonononlyG3441 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
ἀργαί,argaiidle,G692 →
ἀλλὰallabutG235 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
φλύαροιphluaroigossipsG5397 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
περίεργοι,periergoibusybodies,G4021 →
λαλοῦσαιlalousaispeakingG2980 →
τὰta<the> [things]G3588 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
δέοντα.¶deontabeing proper.G1163 →

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2 Thessalonians 3:11Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.2 Thessalonians 3:6–11Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received from us.Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.Proverbs 31:27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,Luke 10:7Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.1 Peter 4:15Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.Acts 20:20I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,James 3:10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!Matthew 20:3About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.3 John 1:10So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

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Preaching in the Wilderness — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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