Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
In context
5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice. 6 The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. 7 The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives. 8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. 10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. 11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 18:8 in the KJV
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 18:8 in the ESV
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.