Verse 13

Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:19 : 19 He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
  • Josh 2:14 : 14 And the men answered her, Our life for you to die, if ye vtter not this our businesse: and when the Lorde hath giuen vs the lande, we will deale mercifully and truely with thee.
  • Jer 38:27 : 27 Then came all the princes vnto Ieremiah and asked him; he tolde them according to all these wordes that the King had commaunded: so they left off speaking with him, for the matter was not perceiued.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.
  • Prov 25:9 : 9 Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another,
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth. 21 As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife. 22 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
  • Josh 2:20 : 20 And if thou vtter this our matter, we will be quite of thine othe, which thou hast made vs sweare.
  • Neh 6:17-19 : 17 And in these dayes were there many of the princes of Iudah, whose letters went vnto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah came vnto them. 18 For there were many in Iudah, that were sworne vnto him: for he was the sonne in lawe of Shechaniah, the sonne of Arah: and his sonne Iehonathan had the daughter of Meshullam, the sonne of Berechiah. 19 Yea, they spake in his praise before me, & tolde him my wordes, and Tobiah sent letters to put me in feare.
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithfull witnes will not lye: but a false record will speake lyes.