Proverbs 20:19: A gossip betrays a confidence, so avoid a man who talks too much
If a person talks about someone else to you (a talebearer), they will talk about you when you are out of sight to someone else. A talebearer is to be avoided. They reveal secrets and stir up strife.
Those who love to spread secrets will flatter to learn them.
Proverbs 20:20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
We see in this Scripture the opposite of “honor thy father, and thy days will be long upon the earth”.
Our mother and father’s love is probably more than anyone else’s. To curse them is, in essence, to curse yourself. This grievous sin will result in spiritual death.