Talebearer(tattler)
/TAYL-bair-er/
Summary
A talebearer is one who spreads gossip and reveals secrets, behavior repeatedly condemned in Scripture as destructive to relationships and communities.
☩Biblical Warnings
Proverbs frequently warns against talebearing. A talebearer reveals secrets, while a faithful spirit conceals a matter. The words of a talebearer are as wounds that go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Where there is no talebearer, strife ceases. The Mosaic law commanded, 'Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people.'
Key verses:Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 18:8Proverbs 26:20Leviticus 19:16
