Proverbs 25:10

25:10 lest the one who hears it put you to shame

and your infamy ¹  will never go away.

[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).