Proverbs 20:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

Young's Literal Translation
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.

King James Bible
He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

Hebrew
He who reveals
גּֽוֹלֶה־ (gō·w·leh-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

secrets
סּ֭וֹד (sō·wḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5475: A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secret

is a constant
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

gossip;
רָכִ֑יל (rā·ḵîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7400: A scandal-monger

avoid
תִתְעָרָֽב׃ (ṯiṯ·‘ā·rāḇ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

the one who babbles
וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה (ū·lə·p̄ō·ṯeh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6601: To open, be, roomy, to be, simple, delude

with his lips.
שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו (p̄ā·ṯāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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