All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. More insidious than an outright lie is the lie or guess wrapped around a truth. The truth is used to validate the gossip s interpretation of the facts as the whole truth. When gossip spreads, the victim is hurt, betrayed and ridiculed.
Few gossips have the courage or decency to tell their victim what is going on.
Most of us find out by accident. Gossips do not care about who they re hurting. Christians can be as bad as non Christians. If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Trust is destroyed, feelings trampled.