1 - Shut it down– If gossip is betrayal then you need to take the initiative to shut it down. Don’t allow it to come out of your mouth. If someone around you starts gossiping either ask them to stop or if they won’t then remove yourself from the conversation. 2 - Shout it out...
But as you will see in several of the verses listed below, if the one you are gossiping and talking about eventually finds out that you have been doing this behind their back, you will lose a good friend if that person was your friend to begin with, or you will end up making an ene...
119:124 In spite of what might seem like a plea for justice in verse 121, he here casts himself... 119:125 119:125 The more a servant knows about his master, the more useful and effective he can be. So... 119:126 119:126 This is an about-face. The...
Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships. NET The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends. NIRV Whoever wants to show love forgives a wrong. But those who talk about it separate clos...
The term "proverb" (מָשָׁל, mashal) in Hebrew refers to a saying or parable that conveys wisdom or truth. Proverbs are designed to impart knowledge and insight, often through concise and memorable expressions. In the context of this verse, the proverb is intended to be a ...
So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church." And one wonders, for example, about Titus. In Paul's ...
·Those who hear a confession of sin also have a great responsibility. Those who hear the confession should have the proper response: loving, intercessory prayer, and not human wisdom, gossiping, or “sharing” the need with others. viii. According to Moffatt, the English Prayer Book, before...
You sit around, talking about your own siblings; you find fault with the children of your very own mother. CJB you sit and speak against your kinsman, you slander your own mother’s son. CEV you sat around gossiping, ruining the reputation of your own relatives.” DARBY Thou sittest [an...
19The one who goes about gossiping[bf]reveals secrets; therefore do not associate[bg]with someone who is always opening his mouth.[bh] 20The one who curses[bi]his father and his mother, his lamp[bj]will be extinguished in the blackest[bk]darkness. ...
quit gossiping about other people’s sins,If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.I will always show you where to go. I’ll give you a full life ...