Proverbs 20:19
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
20Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
Cross References
Psalms 101:5Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
Proverbs 13:3Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips — ruin to him!
Proverbs 18:8The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
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 →