Gossip – What not to do

Gossip is idle talk or rumors about the personal or private matters of others.  A gossiper purposely gathers information about others and shares bits or pieces to try and destroy character in another.  A gossiper twists information to appear to be different than it really is to make someone else look bad.  It is sharing private information with those who are not part of the problem or part of the solution.  God hates this sin.

When you share things about others that you would be humiliated or ashamed to say in their presence, you are not only disobeying God’s clear instructions in His Word (Leviticus 19:16), you are also attempting to destroy that person’s reputation in the mind of the listener.  (You are also sowing a seed you will not want to reap in the future….but you will!)