The Bible teaches that our words have the power to build up or tear down, and that speaking negatively about others can be harmful. In 1 Peter 2:1, believers are instructed to rid themselves of malice and slander, while Ephesians 4:29 encourages using only words that are helpful for building others up. Jesus' teaching in Matthew 7:12, known as the Golden Rule, also guides our interactions with others, promoting kindness and respect in all our conversations. Additionally, Psalms 1:1-6 and Titus 1:10 warn against the dangers of gossip and false speech, emphasizing the importance of speaking truthfully and graciously about others.
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Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe. He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.