Injustice in Words: Whispering

By whispering is meant tale bearing, the spreading of gossip to the harm of a neighbor. A backbiter seeks to injure a man’s good name;a talebearer seeks to stir up trouble, or to arousepeople to take action against another or others.

Tale bearing or whispering is a greater sin than backbiting orreviling, for it seeks to rob a neighbor of his friends. And friends are a man’s most precious external possessions.