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...
Verse Concepts Keep your tongue from evilAnd your lips from speaking deceit.Related Topics Backbiting Being Betrayed Best Friends Evil Speaking Gossip Restrained Tongues Restraint Speaking, Evil Speech, Negative Aspects Of Tongue Backstabbing Gossiping Grandmas 1 more topics on Backstabbers >...
16:11 In the final verse, our blessed Lord has complete confidence that God will show Him the... 17:1, 2 17:1, 2“LORD, I ask you to hear my cause because it is a just one. Listen attentively to what I... 17:3–5 17:3–5“If You test my hea...
you sat around gossiping, ruining the reputation of your own relatives.” DARBY Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son: DRA Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up. ERV You sit ...
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...
i. Instead ofcomplaining(as in the previous verse), the sufferer shouldpray. “Instead of murmuringagainst one another(James 5:9), or complaining peevishly, or breaking out into curses, pray to God.” (Moffatt) ii. James has the same advice for both thesufferingone and thecheerfulone: ta...
Remember I mentioned not gossiping about your husband? The same goes for your children. Her heart is in your hands! Never spoil her. Ever. Teach her the value of “making do” with what she has. Show her how to make things instead of buying them. Show her how to wait for things. ...
Proverbs 25:23 sn The verse implies a comparison between the two parts to make the point that certain things automatically bring certain results. Gossiping words will infuriate people as easily as the northerly winds bring the cold rain. Proverbs 25:24 tn This proverb is identical with 21:9;...
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. ...
3 In the same way, teach older women to be ·holy [reverent] in their behavior, not ·speaking against [slandering; gossiping about] others or enslaved to ·too much wine [excessive drinking], but teaching what is good. 4 Then they can ·teach [train] the young women to love their...