Text -- Proverbs 25:10 (NET)

25:10 lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 25:10

¹ tn The noun דִּבָּה (dibbah, “infamy; defamation; evil report; whispering”) is used of an evil report here (e.g., Gen 37:2), namely a true report of evil doing. So if a person betrays another person’s confidence, he will never be able to live down the bad reputation he made as one who betrays secrets (cf. NIV).