30 Bible Verses About Minding Your Own Business

“Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.”

“and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,”

“If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.”

“It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.”

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

“Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.”

“Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.”

“Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”

“An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.”

“However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.”

“Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.”

“As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.”

“For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.”

“Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”

“Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.”

“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.”

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”

“so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”

“They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.”

“The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.”

“Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.”

“Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.”

“Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.”

“Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.”

“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.”

“and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,”

“Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.”

“A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.”

“The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

“Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.”