Corrupt ____ such as gossip, angry outbursts, and filthy words are condemned in Scripture.

• A. Communication
• B. Anger
• C. Words
• D. Gossip

Answer: (A)

Corrupt communication is the idea being addressed here—the broad area of how we speak, not just the individual words or a single form. The examples given—gossip, angry outbursts, and filthy words—are types of speech that corrupt the way we communicate. So the word that best fits the blank is communication, because it covers all those forms as the overall medium or channel of our speech. Anger is an emotion that can fuel speech but isn’t the act of speaking itself; words focuses on the content of what’s said rather than the manner or channel, and gossip is just one example within corrupt speech. Scripture consistently warns against corrupt communication and urges speech that edifies and is wholesome.