Proverbs 11:13

New International Version

A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:19

Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

Proverbs 11:12

Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.

Proverbs 12:23

The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.

Proverbs 14:5

An honest witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.

Proverbs 19:11

A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.

Proverbs 25:9

If you take your neighbor to court, do not betray another’s confidence,

Jeremiah 38:27

All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.

Leviticus 19:16

“ ‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. “ ‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.

Joshua 2:14

“Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

Joshua 2:20

But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”