What thoughts are being planted in your heart and mind?
When a person plants seed, that person is called a sower. Read here about a person who planted bad seeds: Matthew 13:24-28.
When people say bad things about others, it's kind of like planting seeds of THORNS in other people's minds. Those bad words/thoughts can separate close friends. That's called "sowing discord, " or "sowing seeds of dissension."
God is not pleased when people say bad things about others, whether those things are true or false. Proverbs 6:16 lists seven different things that God hates. (Take a moment and look at that.) The last one that's listed is "...a man who stirs up dissension among brothers."
"Dissension" simply means, making other split up. God wants us to work together doing the right things. He wants Christians to work together in unity. Don't listen to people who are saying bad things about other people. It makes God mad when people talk like that.
Listen to the good, and encourage one another by saying good things!
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