Delicious Poison

Why is gossip so hard to resist? In this episode, Blake opens Proverbs 18:8 — the words of a whisperer are like “delicious morsels” — to unmask gossip as a relational counterfeit: it feels like connection, but it's empty, always needing more to sustain itself, and it harms everyone it touches — the one who spreads it, the one who listens, and the one talked about.Blake looks at what Scripture says (Proverbs 26:20 and a vivid word from James 3), gets honest about what our appetite for gossip reveals in our own hearts, and offers practical safeguards — including a simple three-filter test (is it true, is it kind, is it necessary?) that echoes Philippians 4:8 and Ephesians 4:29. The heart of it: gossip destroys everyone it touches, so starve it of oxygen and it dies.Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo). Get devotionals delivered to your inbox at blakescrawford.com/sign-up, or listen anytime at blakescrawford.com/listen. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart.