He that goeth about {as} a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. {flattereth: or, enticeth}

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 he received of us.

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

{And} how I kept back nothing that was profitable {unto you}, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

Thou shalt not go up and down {as} a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I {am} the LORD.

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth {them} out of the church.

For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

{To be} discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or {as} a thief, or {as} an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. {A talebearer: Heb. He that walketh, being a talebearer}

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips {tendeth} only to penury.

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

(She {is} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute {is due}; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make {you that ye shall} neither {be} barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. {barren: Gr. idle}

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard {it}: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.