Controlling Our Words Lord Put Your Arm Around My Shoulder and Your Hand Over My Mouth: LaShon Hara - The Sin of Evil Speech

Lashon hara also known as leshon ha-ra or loshen horoh] is] scandal-mongering. Lashon hara is considered to be prohibited by the Bible on the basis of Leviticus 19:16, "You shall not go up and down as a slanderer in some translations: talebearer] among your people," and is frequently condemned in the Book of Proverbs.