Gossip

For Spiritual Maturity Torah Observants in Mashiyach’s Name,

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I pray this deep spiritual life (Yeshua) of Abba YHWH applies me, you all. I read Bible and understand what Abba YHWH instructs us all servants walk like Yeshua haMashiyach thru Ruach haKodesh every day.

This is very serious for spiritual maturity servants examine deepest inward areas layering darkness stinky sin onions out, be honest, humble and repent. Best to confess faults, pray, and forgive apology and release more shalom.

If one has transgressed lashon hora his (her) prayer does not go up in front of YHWH because there rests on it a spirit of defilement.

What is lashon hara?

The Hebrew term for speaking badly of others is called lashon hara, literally “evil language.” Interestingly, the Torah calls “evil language” anything negative, even if it’s true. (Slander — malicious, false information is called motzi shem ra, literally “giving another a bad name.”)

YHWH and His Torah teaches that lashon hara intentionally (deliberately on purpose) can destroy many lives, even unintentionally, i.e.: secret, private, publicity….no excuses period.

  • the person speaking,
  • the person spoken about,
  • and the person spoken to.

First read scripture verses are gem.

Proverbs 11:13 TPT

You can’t trust gossipers with a secret;
    they’ll just go blab it all.
    Put your confidence instead in a trusted friend,
    for he will be faithful to keep it in confidence.

Proverbs 16:28 TPT

A twisted person spreads rumors;
    a whispering gossip ruins good friendships.

Proverbs 18:8 TPT

The words of a gossip merely reveal the wounds of his own soul,[a]
    and his slander penetrates into the innermost being.

Footnotes

  1. 18:8 Scholars are somewhat uncertain about an exact translation of this phrase. The Aramaic is “The words of a lazy man lead him to fear and evil.”

Proverbs 18:21 Aramaic Bible in Plain English

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and he that loves it will eat from its fruit.

Proverbs 20:19 TPT

A blabbermouth will reveal your secrets,
    so stay away from people who can’t keep their mouths shut.[a]

Footnotes

  1. 20:19 The Aramaic adds a line: “One who is faithful in spirit hides a matter.”

Proverbs 26:20-22 TPT

20 It takes fuel to have a fire—
    a fire dies down when you run out of fuel.
    So quarrels disappear when the gossip ends.
21 Add fuel to the fire and the blaze goes on.
    So add an argumentative man to the mix,
    and you’ll keep strife alive.
22 Gossip is so delicious, and how we love to swallow it!
    For slander[a] is easily absorbed into our innermost being.

Footnotes

  1. 26:22 Or “complaining.”

Proverbs 28:9 NET

The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law (Torah), even his (her) prayer is an abomination.

Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant)

Romans 1:29 TPT

29 Their sinful lives became full of every kind of evil,[a] wicked schemes,[b] greed,[c] and cruelty. Their hearts overflowed with jealous cravings, and with conflict and strife, which drove them into hateful arguments and murder. They are deceitful liars full of hostility. They are gossips

Footnotes

  1. 1:29 There are twenty-two Greek nouns and adjectives used for evil listed in vv. 29–32. Injustice (selfishness), destructiveness, covetousness, malice, envy, murder, strife, guile, hostility, slander (the hissing sound of a snake charmer), gossip, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, disobedient to parents, without moral understanding, without faith, without natural affections, hostilities, without mercy.
  2. 1:29 The Aramaic and some Greek manuscripts have “immorality.”
  3. 1:29 Or “unrestrained selfishness.”

2 Corinthians 12:20 TPT

20 Now I’m afraid that when I come to you I may find you different than I desire you to be, and you may find me different than you would like me to be. I don’t want to find you in disunity, with jealousy and angry outbursts, with selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and turmoil.

1 Timothy 5:13-14 TPT

13 Those widows who go around from house to house as busybodies[a] are only learning to be lazy, making their situation even worse by talking too much, gossiping, and speaking things they shouldn’t. They become far too obsessed with empty things that will not bear good fruit.

14 For this reason, teach the younger women to remarry and bear children and care for their household. This will keep them from giving our adversary a reason to gloat.

Footnotes

  1. 5:13 The Greek word used for “busybodies” can also imply “gaining illegal knowledge of the supernatural.” See Acts 19:19where the same Greek word is used for black magic.