Proverbs 11:12-13 He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.… The word means "a hawker," or "travelling-chapman"; and the tale-bearer is a trader in scandal, an itinerant busybody. A. shrewd heathen was wont to say, "Tale-bearers should be hung up by the tongue, and tale-hearers by the ears." Parallel Verses KJV: He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.WEB: One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace. |
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