Proverbs 11:11-13

The Message

¹¹ When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes;
    evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.

¹² Mean-spirited slander is heartless;
    quiet discretion accompanies good sense.

¹³ A gadabout gossip can’t be trusted with a secret,
    but someone of integrity won’t violate a confidence.