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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

So how can you con sole me with your non sense? Nothing is
left of your an swers but false hood! (Job, 21:34)

Avoiding Gossip

A per verse man stirs up dis sen sion, and a gos sip sep a rates
close friends. (Proverbs, 16:28)

Without wood a fire goes out; with out gos sip a quar rel dies
down. As char coal to em bers and as wood to fire, so is a quar -
rel some man for kin dling strife. (Proverbs, 26:20-22)

A gos sip be trays a con fi dence; so avoid a man who talks too
much. (Proverbs, 20:19)

A gos sip be trays a con fi dence, but a trust wor thy man keeps
a se cret. (Proverbs, 11:13)

Do not go about spread ing slan der among your peo ple. Do
not do any thing that en dan gers your neigh bor's life. I am the
Lord. (Leviticus, 19:16)

They are all hard ened rebels, go ing about with slan ders. They
are bronze and iron; they all act cor rupt ly... the Lord has re -
ject ed them. (Jeremiah, 6:28, 30)

Other Forms of Speech Recommended

Do not boast about to mor row, for you do not know what a
day may bring forth. Let an oth er praise you, and not your
own mouth; some one else, and not your own lips. (Proverbs,
27:1-2)

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