Proverbs 11:13
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13 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]
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- Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
Leviticus 19:16
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16 (A)You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not (B)stand up against the life[a] of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 19:16 Hebrew blood
Proverbs 25:9
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9 (A)Argue your case with your neighbor himself,
and do not reveal another's secret,
1 Timothy 5:13
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13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also (A)gossips and (B)busybodies, saying what they should not.
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Proverbs 26:20-22
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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no (A)whisperer, (B)quarreling ceases.
21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is (C)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 (D)The words of (E)a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 14:5
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Joshua 2:14
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14 And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land (A)we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
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Jeremiah 38:27
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27 Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.
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Joshua 2:20
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20 But if you (A)tell this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless with respect to your oath that you have made us swear.”
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Nehemiah 6:17-19
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17 Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them. 18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of (A)Arah: and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of (B)Meshullam the son of Berechiah as his wife. 19 Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
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