King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 20:19
“He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 20
17
Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18
[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19
He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
