Wine Is a Mocker

Proverbs 20:19

In 10 translations

BSB: He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.Or the one who is simple
KJV: He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.flattereth: or, enticeth
WEB: He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
ASV: He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
LSV: The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, || And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver [with] his lips.
YLT: A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
DBY: He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
DRC: Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
GNV: He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
JPS: He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: גּֽוֹלֶה־סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב׃

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Proverbs 11:13A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Proverbs 24:21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Proverbs 26:20–22Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into…
Proverbs 16:29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).