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.
13 Admonish your friend—he may not have done it;and if he did, that he may not do it again.
14 Admonish your neighbor—he may not have said it;and if he did, that he may not say it again.
15 Admonish your friend—often it may be slander;do not believe every story.
16 Then, too, a person can slip and not mean it;who has not sinned with his tongue?
17 Admonish your neighbor before you break with him;and give due place to the Law of the Most High.