משלי 20:19

Hebrew Modern Translation

גולה סוד הולך רכיל ולפתה שפתיו לא תתערב׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
הולך רכיל ולפתה שפתיו לא תתערב

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
גֹּֽולֶה־סֹּ֭וד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
גֹּֽולֶה־סּוֹד הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל וּלְפֹתֶה פָתָיו לֹא תִתְעָרָֽב ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that goeth: Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:20-22, Leviticus 19:16

meddle: Proverbs 24:21

flattereth: or, enticeth, Proverbs 16:29, Romans 16:18

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:17 - the princes of Judah Job 17:5 - He that Psalms 12:2 - flattering Psalms 101:5 - Whoso Proverbs 1:10 - General Proverbs 18:1 - intermeddleth Proverbs 25:9 - a secret to another Proverbs 26:22 - words Proverbs 29:5 - that 1 Corinthians 2:4 - not 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - used 1 Timothy 5:13 - wandering

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets,.... Or, "he that revealeth secrets goeth about as a talebearer"; a man that has really got the secrets of others out of them respecting themselves and families, and the affairs of them, or however pretends he master of them; goes about telling his tales from house to house, to the great prejudice of those whose secrets he is entrusted with, or pretends to be; and to the great prejudice of those to whom he tells them, as well as to his own; this is contrary to the law of Moses, and the rules of Christianity, Leviticus 19:16;

therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips; or "mingle not with him" g; do not associate with him, do not keep him company, have nothing to say to him or do with him; for when he flatters you, and highly praises and extols you, he has a design upon you to get what he can out of you, in order to expose you elsewhere; therefore suspect him, be upon your guard, shun him and avoid him. It may be applied to false teachers, and their deceptions with good words and fair speeches; the word used signifies to deceive with the lips; see Romans 16:18; and well agrees with the parasites of Rome, Revelation 18:23.

g לא תתערב "non miscebis te", Pagninus, Montanus; "ne misceas te", Baynus, Mercerus; "ne admisceto te", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "ne commiscearis", Michaelis; "ne admisceas te", Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Flattereth - literally, “The man who opens his lips,” who has no reticence; such a man, with or without intending it, does the work of a talebearer.