GOSSIP/BACKBITING
"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice ..."
Ephesians 4:31
© 1977 by Diane S. Dew
I. Backbiting is forbidden by God.
Leviticus 19:17
Ephesians 4:31
1 Timothy 3: 11
James 4: 11
A. Those who spread slander cannot dwell with God, for He is holy.
Psalms 15:1-3
B. God calls them fools.
Proverbs 10:18
II. We are exhorted to "lay aside" all slander, and scripture advises
us not even to associate with gossips.
1 Peter 2:1
Proverbs 20:19
A. The tales of a gossip travel fast.
Ecclesiastes 10:20
B. The words of a slanderer spread strife
and contention; they
destroy friendships
and stir up anger.
Proverbs 6:19; 15:1; 16:28; 17:9; 25:23; 26:20-22
C. The desire to backbite comes from a heart of bitterness and hatred.
Leviticus 19:16-18
Psalms 109:2-3
Luke 6:45
Ephesians 4:31
III. Gossip was obviously a problem in the early church.
Acts 17:21
2 Corinthians 12:20
2 Thessalonians 3:11
1 Timothy 5:13
2 John 10
A. The devil will try to bring false
accusations against believers
through those in the
world, to spread much slander about those
who love God.
1 Peter 2:12; 3:16
Revelation 12:10
B. But it is an especially serious matter
when a brother in the Lord
speaks evil of another
brother (be it true or false). Such talk is nothing
less than judgment
on his part.
James 4: 11
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