Download or read book Controlling Our Words Lord Put Your Arm Around My Shoulder and Your Hand Over My Mouth written by Rabbin Deborah Brandt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.