Proverbs 11:13

WEB

¹³One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

KJV

¹³A talebearer^[+] revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

BSB

¹³A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

FBV

¹³A gossip goes around telling secrets, but trustworthy people keep confidences.

Extra References

Proverbs 20:19

¹⁹He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Leviticus 19:16

¹⁶“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life^[+] of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Proverbs 25:9

⁹Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

1 Timothy 5:13

¹³Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

²⁰For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down. ²¹As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. ²²The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

Joshua 2:14

¹⁴The men said to her, “Our life for yours, if you don’t talk about this business of ours; and it shall be, when the LORD gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.”

Jeremiah 38:27

²⁷Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.

Joshua 2:20

²⁰But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you’ve made us to swear.”

Proverbs 14:5

⁵A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.

Nehemiah 6:17-19

¹⁷Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them. ¹⁸For there were many in Judah sworn to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife. ¹⁹Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.