"LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD..." (Psalm 15:1-4)

"Cannibalism is dying out among barbarous tribes, but it still survives among the most highly civilized peoples. If you wish to serve up somebody's character at a social entertainment or pick the bones of somebody's reputation in a quiet corner, you'll find ready guests and almost incredible appetites." (From Henry van Dyke)

It is sad that Christians are often among those ready guests with incredible appetites. James 4:11-12 says, "Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?"