He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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.
Matthew Henry
Two sorts of people are dangerous to be conversed with: - 1. Tale-bearers, though they are commonly flatterers, and by fair speeches insinuate themselves into men's acquaintance. Those are…
Cambridge Bible
flatterethwith] Rather, openeth wide, R.V.; dilatat labia sua, Vulg.; has his mouth always open as a tattling gossip. Comp. the prohibition of the Law, Lev 19:16, and St Paul's rebuke of "tattlers"…
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