¹⁶ You shall not go about as ^(A)a slanderer among your people; and you are not to ^[a]jeopardize the ^[b](B)life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

^11 [a]Women must likewise be dignified, ^(A)not malicious gossips, but ^[b](B)temperate, faithful in all things.

¹³ At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also they become ^(A)gossips and ^(B)busybodies, talking about ^(C)things not proper to mention.

²⁹ people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are ^(A)gossips,