Gossips

DOES GOD HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT GOSSIPS OR TALEBEARERS

GENESIS 9:21-25
21   Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
22   And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23   But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
24   So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
25   Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."

LEVITICUS 19:16
     'You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

PSALM 101:5
     Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, Him I will destroy; The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart, Him I will not endure.

PROVERBS 11:13
     A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

PROVERBS 15:4
     A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

PROVERBS 16:28
     A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 17:9
     He who covers a matter seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 18:8
     The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

PROVERBS 20:19
     He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

PROVERBS 25:23
     The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue and angry countenance.

PROVERBS 26:20-22
20   Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
21   As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22   The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

ROMANS 1:29-32
29   being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
30   backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31   undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
32   who, knowing the righteous judgement of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.

2 CORINTHIANS 12:20
     For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

1 TIMOTHY 5:13
     And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

ARE WE JUSTIFIED IN REPEATEDLY RAKING OVER PAST WRONGS

PROVERBS 10:12
     Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.

PROVERBS 11:13
     A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.

PROVERBS 16:28
     A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 17:9
     He who covers a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 19:11
     The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And it is to his glory to overlook a transgression.

PROVERBS 26:20
     Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

MATTHEW 5:44
     "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7
4    Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5    does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6    does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth;
7    bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

EPHESIANS 4:32
     And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

COLOSSIANS 3:13
     bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

JAMES 5:20
     let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

1 PETER 4:8
     And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."

WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT CONTENTION AND STRIFE IN THE HOME

PROVERBS 15:17
     Better is a dinner if herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.

PROVERBS 16:28
     A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

PROVERBS 17:1
     Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

PROVERBS 19:13
     A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

PROVERBS 21:9
     It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

PROVERBS 21:19
     It is better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.

PROVERBS 26:20-22
20   Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
21   As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22   The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

PROVERBS 27:15
     A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;

THOSE WHO ARE PLEASANT TO YOUR FACE BUT TALK ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK

PSALM 12:2
     They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

PSALM 28:3
     Do not take me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.

PSALM 55:21
     The words of his mouth were smother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

PSALM 62:4
     They only consult to cast him down from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But they curse inwardly. Selah

PROVERBS 26:23-26
23   Fervent lips with a wicked heart are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
24   He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;
25   When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26   Though his hatred is covered by deceit, His wickedness will be revealed before the whole congregation.

PROVERBS 27:5-6
5    Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed.
6    Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

PROVERBS 28:23
     He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward than he who flatters with the tongue.

JEREMIAH 9:8
     Their tongue is an arrow shot out; It speaks deceit; One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, But in his heart he lies in wait.

ON FORGIVING

MATTHEW 5:44
     "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

MATTHEW 6:12-15
12   And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
13   And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14   "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15   "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

EPHESIANS 4:32
     And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

COLOSSIANS 3:13
     bearing with one another, and forgiving one another,

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