A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret. Proverbs 11:13

Have you ever been hurt by gossip? Of course you have.

Have you ever hurt anyone by your gossip? Probably. So why do we continue to do it. Hundreds of verses remind us to guard our tongues but we still gossip. Why?

An even more insidious thing we do is to say, “if that person were here, I’d say the same thing.” Perhaps you would, but why don’t you wait until the person comes and find out?

Even in these last few verses, we see that God is showing us how hurtful and destructive our tongue can be.

Will we one day have an epiphany and discover that God was right all along about our tongues? Probably not, but it’s to remind ourselves of our dependence upon Him in matters of the tongue.