¹⁹ Whoever ^(A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with ^(B)a simple babbler.^[a]

¹³ Whoever ^(A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
    but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

^8 (A)The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into ^(B)the inner parts of the body.

^3 (A)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    ^(B)he who opens wide his lips ^(C)comes to ruin.

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.

²⁹ A man of violence ^(A)entices his neighbor
    and leads him in a way that is not good.