(Proverbs 11:13) The scripture can be found below, but in short, a gossip spreads rumors and a trustworthy man attempts to quiet them. Satan’s biggest weapon used against good people is the gossip of those under his control. He moves around shrewdly, using those already operating in wicked communications to slander the just.
For instance, wicked people plot evil in stealth, and operate in a code of silence until they themselves become a target. The same is true when society makes a plea for information regarding a senseless murder. They say things like, “I’m no snitch”, while the wicked run free to one day kill again.
Nevertheless, the wicked are not loyal to anyone but the devil. When they do his dirty work, and eventually get caught, their true loyalties are revealed. They will disclose details of crimes by others, just to earn their freedom, to rejoin the devil’s team. If the legal authority offers shelter and protection, they will squeal on every friend, family, and partner in crime, they have ever known.
It should be said; every murderer deserves to be separated from society. The urge to kill increases, after every homicide for which they are never caught. This includes, but is not limited to, those with a badge or a judge’s gavel. When there is no fear of prosecution for crime, the urge to do it grows with frequency and intensity.
We are living in the days of lies being told as truth, and truth being told as lies. A liar feels emboldened to lie more, when an award for doing so is given for the act. This is how weaponized incompetence has become a thing. People “pretend to be bad at something in order to get out of doing certain tasks.” In this example, they are bad at crime, lying, and malicious gossip, are excused for the behavior, allowing them to continue doing it.
We were all born with a need for community, and with that comes the need to communicate. The devil uses our human need of expression against us when he places those under his control in position to hear our deepest secrets. It is said that, “staying low-key and not telling everyone everything is self-care”. However, this conflicts with our need for human expression. The problem arises when our expressions are from a guilty conscious, and is said to the wrong so-called confidants. Causing us grief for trusting the few that we did. Especially when we watch them make a career out of lies and gossip. They spread things they either heard or assume, with no sense of remorse, even if it causes harm. If the righteous is not careful whom they communicate with, wicked people’s personalities, words, and traits rub off onto those nearest.
When God is the center of our life and not people, we hear much, believe little, and spread none. In this way, we guard against gossip being about us, once the gossiper is out of range. A true confidant will listen and speak with the correct motives. Never using the human need of expression to do the work of the enemy.
(Proverbs 18:21) Speaks about those who love to talk. Men and women have died for saying the wrong thing! The power of life and death is in the tongue. Use yours wisely; such power corrupts the best of people into a life force of death, without conscious. Remember, it will be your own death, because you can’t curse what God has blessed!
Proverbs 11:13
New International Version
13 “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.”
Proverbs 11:13
King James Version
13 “A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.”
Proverbs 11:13
Living Bible
13 “A gossip goes around spreading rumors, while a trustworthy man tries to quiet them.”
Proverbs 18:21
New International Version
21 “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Proverbs 18:21
King James Version
21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
Proverbs 18:21
Living Bible
21 “Those who love to talk will suffer the consequences. Men have died for saying the wrong thing!”