Fofoca
A fofoca destrói reputações e relacionamentos. A Bíblia condena severamente o murmúrio, a calúnia e a palavra maldosa, chamando o cristão a edificar com a boca.
O poder destrutivo
O homem perverso semeia contendas, e o que anda com fofocas separa amigos íntimos. A fofoca é veneno social.
28 A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
13 A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
18 He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
Edificar com palavras
Não saia da boca nenhuma palavra torpe, mas só a que serve para edificação. Quem fala mal do irmão fala mal da lei.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.
2 He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.3 He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor.
11 Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.