13 A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 11:13
Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order
The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.
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Verse 13
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A gossip רָ֭כִיל H7400 Noun - masculine singular vvv הוֹלֵ֣ךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular reveals מְגַלֶּה־ H1540 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular a secret סּ֑וֹד H5475 Noun - masculine singular but a trustworthy וְנֶאֱמַן־ H539 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct person ר֝֗וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular keeps מְכַסֶּ֥ה H3680 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular a confidence דָבָֽר׃ H1697 Noun - masculine singular