Proverbs 20:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 A gossip reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with a babbler.(A)
Proverbs 20:19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 25:9-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 Argue your case with your neighbor directly,
and do not disclose another’s secret,(A)
10 or else someone who hears you will bring shame upon you,
and your ill repute will have no end.
Proverbs 25:9-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 Make your case with your opponent[a]
without revealing another’s secret;(A)
10 otherwise, the one who hears will disgrace you,
and you’ll never live it down.[b]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 25:9 Or neighbor
- Proverbs 25:10 Lit and your evil report will not turn back
Proverbs 25:23
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.(A)
Proverbs 25:23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
Proverbs 26:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.(A)
21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)
22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.(C)
Proverbs 26:20-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.(B)
22 A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.[a](C)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly
Proverbs 26:28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)
Proverbs 26:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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