10 Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst! (WEB)
Sirach 19:10
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Sirach 13:12–14
12 He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful. He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind. (WEB) 13 Keep them to yourself and be careful, for you walk in danger of falling. (WEB) 14 Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. (KJV)
Proverbs 5:16–18
16 Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? 17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Job 13:4–6
4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. 5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom! 6 Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
Job 13:12–14
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. 13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may. 14 Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
Sirach 19:13–15
13 Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more. (WEB) 14 Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again. (WEB) 15 Question a friend; for many times there is sla… (WEB)
Sirach 28:15–17
15 A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors. (WEB) 16 He who listens to it will not find rest, nor will he live quietly. (WEB) 17 The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones. (WEB)
Proverbs 25:9–11
9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence, 10 lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Odes of Solomon 8:10–12
10 Your flesh has not known what I am saying to you neither have your hearts known what I am showing to you. (ODE) 11 Keep my secret, ye who are kept by it: (ODE) 12 Keep my faith, ye who are kept by it. (ODE)
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