Psalm 15:3 He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor. I. THE NATURE OF SLANDER. 1. The origination of an evil report concerning our neighbour. 2. The circulation of an evil report invented by others. 3. The listening to such a report. Giving it the sanction of our ear. II. THE EVIL OF SLANDER. What mighty unhappiness it causeth. 1. It demoralises the slanderer. 2. It demoralises the person to whom the slander is related. 3. It wrongs the party slandered. III. THE CURE FOR SLANDER. It is a most difficult thing to rule the tongue, and refrain from evil-speaking. What is the grand cure for all sins of the lip? He "speaketh the truth in his heart." The heart must be changed, enlightened, exalted. Out of a pure fountain flows a pure stream. (W. L. Watkinson.) Parallel Verses KJV: He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. |
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