Proverbs 20:19

American King James Version (1999)

He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.

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Whoever privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

My son, fear you the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.