Proverbs 11:13
Those who ◄spread gossip/tell bad things about others► will tell your secrets to others, but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets to others.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything in court that would result in some innocent person being executed. I, Yahweh, am commanding this.
Joshua 2:20But if you tell anyone what we are planning to do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.”
Proverbs 10:19When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot by what they say; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much.
Proverbs 20:19Those who go around telling gossip are always telling secrets to others; so stay away from people who foolishly talk too much.
Proverbs 26:20If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end.
1 Timothy 5:13In addition, they generally become lazy. Specifically, as they just go about from house to house, they also begin ◄to gossip/to talk about people► and to meddle in other people’s affairs, saying what they should not say.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:13-14
12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. I. Silence is here recommended as an instance of true friendship, and a preservative of it, and therefore an evidence, 1. Of wisdom: A man of understanding, that has rule over his own spirit, if he be provoked, holds his peace, that he may neither give vent to his passion nor kindle the passion of others by any opprobrious… Read the whole commentary →