Proverbs 20:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Get advice if you want your plans to ·work [be firm].
If you go to war, get ·the advice of others [guidance].

¹⁹ Gossips ·can’t keep [reveal] secrets,
so avoid people who ·talk too much [^Lare foolish with their lips].

²⁰ Those who curse their father or mother
will be like a light going out in darkness [Job 18:6; 21:17].