Talebearer See also Gossip Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer, Lev. 19:16. talebearer revealeth secrets, Prov. 11:13 (20:19). words of a talebearer are as wounds, Prov. 18:8. where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth, Prov. 26:20.