Proverbs 11:13
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Proverbs 20:19
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19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.
Leviticus 19:16
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16 You shall not go about as a (A)talebearer among your people; nor shall you (B)take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
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Proverbs 25:9
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9 (A)Debate your case with your neighbor,
And do not disclose the secret to another;
1 Timothy 5:13
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13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
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Proverbs 26:20-22
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20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no [a]talebearer, strife ceases.
21 (A)As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a [b]talebearer are like [c]tasty trifles,
And they go down into the [d]inmost body.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:20 gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer
- Proverbs 26:22 gossip or slanderer
- Proverbs 26:22 A Jewish tradition wounds
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit. rooms of the belly
Proverbs 14:5
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Joshua 2:14
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14 So the men answered her, “Our lives for yours, if none of you tell this business of ours. And it shall be, when the Lord has given us the land, that (A)we will deal kindly and truly with you.”
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Jeremiah 38:27
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27 Then 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 conversation had not been heard.
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Joshua 2:20
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20 And if you tell this business of ours, then we will be [a]free from your oath which you made us swear.”
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- Joshua 2:20 free from obligation to
Nehemiah 6:17-19
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17 Also in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. 18 For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the (A)son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of (B)Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my [a]words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.
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- Nehemiah 6:19 Or affairs
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