The word talebearer is mentioned five times in the book of Proverbs.
Proverbs 11:13, “A talebearer revealeth secrets.”
Proverbs 18:8, “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”
Proverbs 20:19, “He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.”
Proverbs 26:20-22 which we used as our Bible reading for today.
You kind of get the idea that a talebearer is bad news. They cause a lot of fussing, fuming, and fighting.
R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company that manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman what the ‘G’ stood for. The man, who was pretty quick on the trigger, immediately replied, “I’ll tell you. The ‘G’ stands for gossip because like a talebearer this machine moves a lot of dirt and moves it fast!”
That’s a talebearer!!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Silence is golden.
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