Proverbs 11:13 (BSB)

A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:13

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:12-13: I. Silence is here recommended as an instance of true friendship, and a preservative of it, and therefore an evidence, 1. Of wisdom: A man of understanding, that has rule over his own spirit, if he be provoked, holds his peace, that he may neither give vent to his passion nor kindle the passion of others by any opprobrious language or peevish reflections. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:13: A talebearer revealeth secrets,.... The Arabic version adds, in the congregation, openly and publicly; that goes about with tales from place to place, who is like a walking merchant or peddler, as the word (l) signifies; who takes up his wares at one place, and exposes them to sale, and vends them at another; so a talebearer, he goes from house to house, and picks...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:13: tale-bearer--(Compare Margin), one trading as a peddler in scandal, whose propensity to talk leads him to betray confidence.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 11:13: Pro 11:13 13 He who goeth about tattling revealeth secrets; But he who is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter. The tattler is called רכיל (intensive form of רכל), from his going hither and thither. אנשׁי רכיל, Eze 22:9, are men given to tattling, backbiters; הולך רכיל (cf. Lev 19:16), one of the tattlers or backbiters goes, a divulger of the matter, a tell-tale.