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38 Tale Bearing, Rumors, Slander

TALE BEARING, RUMORS, SLANDER, AND GOSSIP ARE FORBIDDEN
Ex. 23:1, 7 Do not raise a false report.
Lev. 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people.
Ps. 101:5 Whoso privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off. (Prov. 10:18)
Prov. 11:13 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets.
Prov. 17:4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; a liar gives naughty tongues.
Prov. 17:9 He that repeats a matter separates friends.
Jer. 6:28 All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer.
1 Cor. 6:10 Revilers shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Ja. 4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his
brother, and judges his brother. (1 Tim. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:1; 1 Jn. 3:10-11)
2 Pet. 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness,
and despise government. Presumptuous, self-willed, they are not afraid
to speak evil of dignities.

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