Selah · Bible verse
Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
In context
17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.
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日本語 · 箴言 20:19 · 口語訳聖書歩きまわって人のよしあしをいう者は秘密をもらす、くちびるを開いて歩く者と交わってはならない。 歩きまわって人のよしあしをいう者は秘密をもらす、くちびるを開いて歩く者と交わってはならない。한국어 · 잠언 20:19 · 개역한글두루 다니며 한담하는 자는 남의 비밀를 누설하니니 입술을 벌린 자를 사귀지 말지니라Español · Proverbios 20:19 · Reina-Valera (1909)El que descubre el secreto, en chismes anda: no te entrometas, pues, con el que lisonjea con sus labios.Português · Provérbios 20:19 · Bíblia Livre (2018)Quem anda fofocando revela segredos; por isso não te envolvas com aquele que fala demais com seus lábios.
