1 Timothy 5:13

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

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Proverbs 26:17
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

1 Thessalonians 4:11
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
For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies.

1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.


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