Proverbs 18:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

Common English Bible

⁸ The words of gossips are like choice snacks; they go down to the inmost parts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

Proverbs 18:8 Cross References

Psalm 52:2

They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good.

Proverbs 12:18

He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirs up lawsuits. And one who is verbose divides leaders.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of the foolish is his destruction, and his own lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.