¹³ One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
    but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

²⁸ A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.

⁹ He who covers an offense promotes love;
    but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

⁸ The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
    they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

¹⁹ He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
    therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

²⁰ For lack of wood a fire goes out.
    Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

²² The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
    they go down into the innermost parts.