Proverbs 11:13 Cross References - LEB

¹³ A gossip walks about telling a secret, but the trustworthy in spirit keeps the matter.

¹⁶ You* shall not go about with slander among your* people; _⌊you* shall not endanger your* neighbor's life_⌋;* I am Yahweh.

¹⁴ And the men said to her, "_⌊Our lives for yours_⌋.* If you do not report this business of ours, _⌊we will show you loyalty and faithfulness_⌋* when Yahweh gives us the land."

²⁰ But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear."

¹⁷ Also, in those days the nobles of Judah increasingly sent their letters to Tobiah, and letters from Tobiah returned to them. ¹⁸ For many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jehohanan took as a wife the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah. ¹⁹ They also were speaking of his good deeds in my presence, and they were sending my words out to him. Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

⁵ A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

¹⁹ He reveals a secret, he who walks about with gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

⁹ Argue your argument with your neighbor himself, the secret of another do not disclose,

²⁰ For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease. ²¹ As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife. ²² The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels, and they go down to the inner parts of the body.

²⁷ And all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he informed them like all these words that the king commanded. So they fell silent, for the _⌊conversation_⌋* was not heard.

¹³ And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn to be idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things that are not necessary.