Let's be careful what we say!
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There are times when we act without measuring the consequences, for example we can get into gossip and this may seem harmless but this, like many other types of words, can deeply hurt a person and above all cause divisions.
23 But put aside foolish and senseless controversies, knowing that they breed strife. 24 For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious but kind to all, apt to teach, patient, 25 in gentleness instructing those who oppose themselves, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they may escape from the snare of the devil, in which they are held captive at his will.
Character of Men in the Last Days
3 Also know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Unloving, trucebreakers, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, conceited, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying its power; from such men avoid.
2 Timothy 2:23-3:5
In the Bible we find visible sins such as murder or adultery of which the Bible warns us, there are also some sins that we consider innocent such as gossip. But before God there is no great or small sin, everything is a transgression of the principles of God.
And even as they did not see fit to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not commendable; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malignity; 30 backbiters, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, proud, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
Romans 1:28-31
Nothing that is spoken against someone as gossip or similar is harmless, if we are talking about it in terms of speculation or speaking in a cruel way, we can hurt or embarrass the person with our words. I imagined that even if we speak without the person knowing what is being said behind their back, all of this still has its consequence, all of this reveals the intention of the thoughts of the person who speaks evil of another.
34 You brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:34
What are the words and the meaning of them that spring from your heart? Let us remember that a tongue that speaks hurtful or poisonous things is driven by resentment, pride or jealousy but this is simply originally in the heart. Let us always remember that no matter how harmless it may seem, it has the ability to destroy friendships, churches, destroy people's reputations and hurt them.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2