Proverbs 20:19
Good News Translation
A gossip can never keep a secret. Stay away from people who talk too much.

New Revised Standard Version
A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

Contemporary English Version
Stay away from gossips--they tell everything.

New American Bible
A slanderer reveals secrets; so have nothing to do with a babbler!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

that goeth

Proverbs 11:13 Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 18:8 The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Proverbs 26:20-22 When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. . . .

Leviticus 19:16 Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

meddle

Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.

flattereth

Proverbs 16:29 An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good.

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

Context
Wine is a Mocker
18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments. 19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.…
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Proverbs 11:13
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

Proverbs 13:3
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

Proverbs 20:18
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