Proverbs 20:19

The Message

Gossips can’t keep secrets, so never confide in blabbermouths.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:13

A gadabout gossip can’t be trusted with a secret, but someone of integrity won’t violate a confidence.

Proverbs 18:8

Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?

Proverbs 13:3

Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything.

Leviticus 19:16

“Don’t spread gossip and rumors. “Don’t just stand by when your neighbor’s life is in danger. I am God.

Proverbs 24:21

Fear God, dear child—respect your leaders; don’t be defiant or mutinous. Without warning your life can turn upside down, and who knows how or when it might happen?

Proverbs 16:29

Calloused climbers betray their very own friends; they’d stab their own grandmothers in the back.