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

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

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

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28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and (B)a whisperer (C)separates close friends.

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

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Whoever (A)covers an offense seeks love,
    but he who repeats a matter (B)separates close friends.

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

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

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

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

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

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20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no (A)whisperer, (B)quarreling ceases.

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

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

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