Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Evil-Speaking

Is expressly forbidden (Titus 3:2; James 4:11), and severe punishments are denounced against it (1 Cor. 5:11; 6:10). It is spoken of also with abhorrence (Ps. 15:3; Prov. 18:6, 7), and is foreign to the whole Christian character and the example of Christ.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary, M. G. Easton (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.