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 perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.
9 With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.
13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.
18 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads 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 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;3 whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others;
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.