No Writer's Block Yet

Of course, I haven't started trying to write either...

Today was the last week for straight research.  Next time I have a full writing day (scheduled for March 8th), I am going to try to actually write something!

Today I studied all of the scripture passages that I have gleaned from the best articles and books on resisting gossip.  I had already done all of the passages that use the word "gossip" in NIV, but this was more than that.  This was related passages, passages talking about the phenomenon of gossip without using the word, other passages about the theology of words, what to do when attacked with verbal weapons and so on.  And I tried to do it with an eye on the original languages, context, etc. 

I expanded my study to think about slander and reviling, too, as they are important for thinking about evil speech.  There is more to be read and thought about, of course, but this was a good work out.  The next research step is to re-read them all and look up as many of them in commentaries as seems important.

The final print out was more than 100 pages long.

Here's the list if you want to see what I was studying today:

Old Testament

Genesis 9:22
Genesis 37:2
Exodus 20:16
Exodus 23:1-2
Leviticus 20:9
Numbers 13:32
Numbers 14:36, 37
Numbers 16:1-3
Deuteronomy 19:15-21

1 Samuel 2:23-24
Nehemiah 2, 4, 6
Job 1:9-11
Psalm 15:1-3
Psalm 28:3
Psalm 31:13
Psalm 34:19
Psalm 35:15-16
Psalm 37
Psalm 41:7
Psalm 50:20
Psalm 55
Psalm 56:5-6
Psalm 64
Psalm 71
Psalm 101:15
Psalm 119:11
Psalm 125:1-2
Psalm 133
Psalm 140:3
Psalm 141:3
Proverbs 3:29-30
Proverbs 6:12-19
Proverbs 10:12
Prov. 10:18-19
Proverbs 11:9
Proverbs 11:11-13
Proverbs 12:6
Proverbs 12:17-22
Proverbs 14:5-7
Proverbs 14:6-8
Proverbs 14:15
Proverbs 15:1-4
Proverbs 15:11
Proverbs 15:28
Proverbs 16:2
Proverbs 16:27-28
Proverbs 17:4
Proverbs 17:9
Proverbs 17:20
Proverbs 17:27-28
Proverbs 18:13
Proverbs 18:17
Proverbs 18:21
Proverbs 19:9
Proverbs 20:19-20
Proverbs 21:28
Proverbs 22:10
Proverbs 24:28-29
Proverbs 25:7-10
Proverbs 25:23
Proverbs 25:26
Proverbs 26:17
Proverbs 26:19
Proverbs 26:20
Proverbs 26:28
Proverbs 28:3
Proverbs 29:9
Proverbs 30:10
Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
Ecclesiastes 10:11
Jeremiah 9:4,2
Jer. 20:10
Ezek. 36:3
Zechariah 7:10
 

New Testament

Matthew 5:11-12
Matthew 7:12
Matthew 10:25-27
Matthew 12:34-36
Matthew 15:18-20
Matthew 18:15-22
Mark 7:20-23
Luke 6:22-23
Luke 6:26
Luke 6:45
Luke 12:2
John 8:44
John 21:20-23
Romans 1:28-32
Romans 12:18
Romans 14:19
1 Corinthians 4:13
1 Corinthians 5:11
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1 Corinthians 15:33
2 Corinthians 12:20-21
Galatians 5:13-15
Galatians 6:1
Ephesians 4:15
Ephesians 4:29-32
Ephesians 5:1-16
Ephesians 5:19-20
Colossians 3:8-10
Colossians 4:6
1 Thessalonians 3:6-7
1 Thessalonians 4:11
2 Thessalonians 3:11
1 Timothy 3:8
1 Timothy 3:11
2 Timothy 2:16
2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 Timothy 5:13
1 Timothy 5:15-21
Titus 2:3
James 1:29
James 3
James 4:10-11
James 5:9
1 Peter 2:1, 12
1 Peter 3:14-17
Jude 9
Revelation 12:10