(1) A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.(2) Talebearers have a habit of telling evil things only to those who will spread evil, not stop it.(3) Very little open quarrelling ever took place amongst them; but backbiting and talebearing were universal.(4) He devotes five separate questions of the Summa Theologiae to ‘injuries inflicted by words’: reviling, backbiting, talebearing , derision, and cursing.(5) Likewise, slandering, talebearing , exaggerated gossip and creating dissensions - all this gives rise to the filth of malice and ill will.(6) Here were the hagglers and talebearers , the scrapmongers, the dealers in stray talk.(7) This is a fun game, but if you have ever been on the receiving end of talebearing , or gossip, you know it is not funny.(8) Students who enforce the system are not spying or talebearing ; rather, they are performing the solemn duty of protecting their individual liberties and those of the student body.
