Proverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
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.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:19
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Note, 1. It is good in every thing to act with deliberation, and to consult with ourselves at least, and, in matters of moment, with our friends, too, before we determine, but especially to ask counsel of God, and beg direction from him, and observe the guidance of this eye. This is the way to have both our minds and our purposes established, and to succeed well in our affairs; whereas what is done hastily and with precipitation is repented… Read the whole commentary →