“Can I trust him?”

I have wondered that about others.

But that’s not my focus right now.

“A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter” (Proverbs 11:13).

My spirit — which of the above describes my spirit?

I purpose to cultivate a faithful spirit.

I wonder if that expression is used elsewhere in the Bible. I’ll check right now…

Nope.

Now I wonder how the verse is rendered in the Spanish 1960 Reina-Valera version…

Nothing strikingly different.

May I be cautious with gossips and faithful with secrets.

from Proverbs 11:18

A little bit more from Proverbs 11: Honorable