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


In Context

16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

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

20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 20:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:19A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver with his lips make not thyself surety.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:19He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.