"As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, so is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Proverbs 26:18, 19. Closely allied to gossip is the covert insinuation, the sly innuendo, by which the unclean in heart seek to insinuate the evil they dare not openly express. Every approach to these practices the youth should be taught to shun as they would shun the leprosy.

»Som en vanvittig mand, der udslynger glødet, pile og død, er den, der sviger sin næste og siger: Jeg spøger jo kun.» Ordsp. 26,18-19. I nært slægtskab med sladderen er den forblommede insinuation, den snedige hentydning, hvorved de urene af hjertet søger at antyde det onde, som de ikke vover at sige åbenlyst. Man burde lære de unge at sky ethvert tilløb til disse vaner lige så meget, som de ville sky spedalskhed.