October 29th, 2007
Psalm 100-101
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure. My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Proverbs 26:18-20
Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
Joking (verb):
śâchaq (Pronounced: saw-khak'):
Psalm 100-101
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure. My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me. No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence. Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Proverbs 26:18-20
Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!" Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
Joking (verb):
śâchaq (Pronounced: saw-khak'):
- To laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication to play: - deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock (mocker), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
- To laugh, play, mock, to laugh (usually in contempt or derision), to sport, play, to make sport, to jest, to play (including instrumental music, singing, dancing), to laugh mockingly.
Gossip (verb):
nirgân (Pronounced: neer-gawn')
- Meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer: talebearer, whisperer.
- To murmur, whisper, backbite, slander, talebearer, backbiter.
Verbs are words that express an action taking place. I was only joking… gossiping. I was only slandering. Nirgan also means takebearer and backbiter. I honestly am not familiar with those words, but I am to believe that backbiter is a parallel with backstabber. Let’s see…
Backbiter (verb):
- To attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- To speak unfavorably or slanderously of a person who is not present.
- To speak spitefully or slanderously about a person.
Well… I got that wrong. Backstabber, by the way, means to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
Takebearer (noun):
- Someone who gossips indiscreetly.
- One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.
The word isn’t used anymore, that I know of, but the concept lives on. Johnny Out
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