Proverbs 20:19
A revealer of secrets, is one who goeth about talebearing, therefore, with him who openeth his lips, shalt thou not have fellowship.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
18Plans—by counsel, shalt thou establish, and, with concerted measures, make thou war.
20Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 101:5He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.
Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.
Proverbs 18:8the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.
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 →