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Proverbs 20:19

โ€œHe who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Proverbs 20

17

Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

18

Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!

19

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

20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

21

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.

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