18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
    by (B)wise guidance (C)wage war.
19 Whoever (D)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with (E)a simple babbler.[a]
20 (F)If one curses his father or his mother,
    (G)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

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