"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen"
-- Ephesians 4:29
The word unwholesome covers any type of speech that tends to tear down another person, either spoken to or about another that person. And Paul's prohibition against this type of negative speech is absolute: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up" (emphasis added).
-- Excerpt from The Discipline Of Grace by Jerry Bridges
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