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Commentaries: Forerunner Commentary What is the Forerunner Commentary? << Proverbs 26:19 Proverbs 26:21 >> Proverbs 26:20 Talebearing usually involves slander, and slander feeds contention the same way wood feeds a fire. A slanderer uses falsehood to defame a reputation, which engenders conflict. John W. Ritenbaugh The Ninth Commandment (1997) Related Topics: Defaming | Defaming Reputation | Falsehood | Gossip | Slander | Slanderer | Speech | Talebearer | Talebearing << Proverbs 26:19 Proverbs 26:21 >>
Talebearing usually involves slander, and slander feeds contention the same way wood feeds a fire. A slanderer uses falsehood to defame a reputation, which engenders conflict.
John W. Ritenbaugh The Ninth Commandment (1997)
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