(NIV)
A gossip betrays a confidence,
but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
Whoever
goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is
trustworthy in
spirit keeps a
thing covered.
(NIV)
A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
A
dishonest man spreads strife,
and a
whisperer separates close friends.
(NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
The
words of a
whisperer are like
delicious morsels;
they go down into the
inner parts of the
body.
(NIV)
A gossip betrays a confidence;
so avoid anyone who talks too much.
Whoever
goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do
not associate with a
simple babbler.
(NIV)
Without wood a fire goes out;
without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
For lack of
wood the
fire goes out,
and where there is
no whisperer,
quarreling ceases.
(NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
The
words of a
whisperer are like
delicious morsels;
they go down into the
inner parts of the
body.
(NIV)
Therefore prophesy and say, “This is what the Sovereign
Lord says: because they ravaged and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,
therefore prophesy, and
say,
Thus says the
Lord God: Precisely
because they made you
desolate and
crushed you
from all
sides, so that you
became the
possession of the
rest of the
nations, and you
became the
talk and
evil gossip of the
people,
(NIV)
For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
For I
fear that perhaps when I
come I may
find you not as I
wish,
and that
you may
find me
not as you
wish—
that perhaps there may be
quarreling,
jealousy,
anger,
hostility,
slander,
gossip,
conceit, and
disorder.
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