6. and whoever repeats gossip has no sense.
7. Never repeat gossip,and no one will reproach you.
8. Tell nothing to friend or foe;and unless it be a sin for you, do not reveal a thing.
9. For someone may have heard you and watched you,and in time come to hate you.
10. Let anything you hear die with you;never fear, it will not make you burst!
11. Having heard something, the fool goes into labor,like a woman giving birth to a child.
12. Like an arrow stuck in a fool’s thigh,so is gossip in the belly of a fool.