Keep Secrets


Proverbs 11:13 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Proverbs 20:19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

Proverbs 25:9 Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another

Proverbs 26:20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people. . . . I am the Lord.

1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.



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