Peter's Picks

The Perfect 7-day Diet – Peter’s Picks

‘Gossiping’

Day 1: Ephesians 4:29 – “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.”

Day 2: James 1:26 – “If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.”

Day 3: Proverbs 11:13 – “A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.”

Day 4: James 4:11 – “Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.”

Day 5: Proverbs 16:28 – “A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.”

Day 6: Proverbs 26:20 – “Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.”

Day 7: Psalm 141:3 – “Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.”

** Verses taken from the New Living Translation