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  "slug": "talebearer",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/talebearer/",
  "canonical_name": "Talebearer",
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  ],
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-001110",
      "label": "Proverbs 11:13, 18:8, 20:19, and 26:20–22 describe the talebearer/whisperer as one who reveals secrets, spreads harmful words, and sustains quarrels; the legacy gossip-and-strife d",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Proverbs 11:13, 18:8, 20:19, and 26:20–22 describe the talebearer/whisperer as one who reveals secrets, spreads harmful words, and sustains quarrels; the legacy gossip-and-strife description is therefore biblically grounded as an ordinary moral/behavioral category rather than as a symbolic type.",
      "not_always": "Talebearer is a moral description of a person and speech-pattern, not a universal symbolic code.",
      "scope_note": "The passages directly characterize destructive speech and gossip; they do not make “talebearer” a free-standing symbol detached from the speaker’s conduct.",
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          "statement": "Proverbs 11:13, 18:8, 20:19, and 26:20–22 describe the talebearer/whisperer as one who reveals secrets, spreads harmful words, and sustains quarrels; the legacy gossip-and-strife description is therefore biblically grounded as an ordinary moral/behavioral category rather than as a symbolic type.",
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          "evidence_grade": 4,
          "grade_basis": "G4_RECURRENT_CANONICAL_MOTIF_OR_STRONG_THEMATIC_PATTERN",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The passages directly characterize destructive speech and gossip; they do not make “talebearer” a free-standing symbol detached from the speaker’s conduct.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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          ],
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              "osis_start": "Prov.11.13",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001661",
              "osis_start": "Prov.18.8",
              "osis_end": "Prov.18.8",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001662",
              "osis_start": "Prov.20.19",
              "osis_end": "Prov.20.19",
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            },
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001663",
              "osis_start": "Prov.26.20",
              "osis_end": "Prov.26.22",
              "display_label": "Proverbs 26:20–22",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
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            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
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                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
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}