Is It Okay For Believers To Gossip?

Is It Okay For Believers To Backbite/Gossip? Episode Two Is it okay for a Believer to Gossip? In accordance to God’s Word, the answer is no. I will share some Bible verses today on why it is displeasing to the Lord for Believers to gossip in Episode Two of “Is it okay for a Believer to Backbite|Gossip?” Verse One:Titus 3:2 ESV To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. Verse Two:Ephesians 4:29 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Verse Three: John 3:16 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Verse Four:Proverbs 10:18 ESV The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. Verse Five:1 Timothy 5:13 ESV Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. Verse Six:James 4:11-12 ESV Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? Verse Seven: 1 Peter 2:1 ESV So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Verse Eight: Proverbs 18:8 ESV The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. Verse Nine: James 1:26 ESV If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. Verse Ten: Proverbs 17:9 ESV Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Biblical References and Translation https://www.openbible.info/topics/backbiting English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.