A talebearer revealeth secrets.
A whisperer separateth chief friends.
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love: but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds.
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.
