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Proverbs 20:19
Proverbs 20:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Or the one who is simple
King James Version
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
World English Bible
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
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Proverbs 20:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
21 An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Proverbs 26:21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.