Proverbs 20:19
He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
20Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 101:5Whoso privately slanders his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Proverbs 13:3He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife 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 →