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- "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
- "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
- "Thou shalt not speak evil of thy neighbor, nor do him any harm."
- "And see that there is no iniquity in the church, neither hardness with each other, neither lying, backbiting, nor evil speaking;"
- "... let your words tend to edifying one another."
- "A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter."
- "The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly."
- "Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth."
- Joseph Smith Jr. in Dean C. Jesse, ed., "The Papers of Joseph Smith", vol. 1, p. 43
- "It is not rumor ... upon which we are to found our judgements of one's merits or demerits: If it is we erect an altar upon which we sacrifice the most perfect of men, and establish a criterion by which the 'vilest of the vile' may escape censure." (in a letter to W. W. Phelps)
- May Anthes, "Earnings And Yearnings: How to Be a Good Gossip", Psychology Today, 1 May 2010
- Reiterates advice we find stated otherwise in scripture, and has some good advice for managers.
- Ira Hyman Ph.D., "The Unshakeable Power of Rumor", Psychology Today Blogs, 28 Jan 2016
- When people are given incomplete information, it generally carries more weight than information subsequently learned. However, when people are left to draw their own conclusions, (inferences are not provided with the information) it becomes even harder to shake those conclusions.
- Vinita Mehta Ph.D., Ed.M., "How Safe Are Your Secrets?", Psychology Today Blogs, 29 Feb 2016
- Some results on what influences people to divulge secrets.
Notes
Perhaps the principle of not talking about past transgressions, extended to others, covers much of this.