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See also Lie's
Truth often hurts, but it is the lie that leaves the scar.
Anon
"The thief is a prince compared with the gossip." A thief can steal a man's property; A gossip can rob a man of his character, and standing in the community."
"The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high!"
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
Matthew Henry
"The Christian army is the only army to turn on its own wounded"
2Th 3:11, 1Ti 5:13, 1Pe 4:15
Proverbs 26:20
"Without wood, the fire goes out; Without Gossip, the quarrel dies down." (NIV)
Proverbs 16:28
"A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a Gossip separates close friends." (NIV)
James Reston
"I never repeat gossip, so I'll say this only once"
D.L.Moody
"I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost, he is the very last complaining of other people. He loves everybody too tenderly. He loves even a cold and church, and is anxious to life them up and bring them to a kinder feeling sympathy"
A.B.Simpson
"I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies."
"Taking Aim"
One particular day, Sally walked into seminary and knew they were in for another fun day. On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Brother Smith told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them angry . . . and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture.
Sally's friend (on her right), drew a picture of a girl who had stolen her boyfriend. Another friend (on her left), drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture of Brother Smith, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, even drawing pimples on his face. Sally was pleased at the overall effect she had achieved.
The class lined up and began throwing darts, with much laughter and hilarity. Some of the students threw their darts with such force that their targets were ripping apart. Sally looked forward to her turn, and was filled with disappointment when Brother Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats.
As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn't have a chance to throw any darts at her target, Brother Smith began removing the target from the wall.
Underneath the target was a picture of Jesus . . .
A complete hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus; holes and jagged marks covered His face and His eyes were pierced out.
Brother Smith said only these words, "In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me."
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' Matthew 25:40
Clean Laugh
In bygone days, a thin man insulted a large man. The large man challenged his tormentor to a duel with pistols. On the day of the duel a debate ensued about the unfair advantage held by the thin man because he was a much smaller target. Finally the thin man came up with a solution. "Let the outline of my figure be chalked upon your body," he said to his opponent, "and any shots of mine that hit outside the chalk lines, we won't count."
Clean Laugh
An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%. The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again." The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!"
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