A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Ver. 13. A talebearer revealeth secrets.] Heb., A pedlar. See Trapp on " Lev 19:16 " See Trapp on " 1Ti 5:13 " Si sapis arcano vina reconde cado. God forbids us to chaffer with these petty chapmen. Pro 20:19
Concealeth the matter.] Tacitus to him is the best historian - primus in historia. He is a rare friend that can both give counsel and keep counsel. One being hit in the teeth with his stinking breath, wittily excused it, that it was by reason of the many secrets committed to him, and concealed by him so long, till they were even rotten in his bosom.