Proverbs 26:22 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²² The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim's nature].

American Standard Version (1901)

²² The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

Common English Bible

²² The words of gossips are like choice snacks; they go down to the inmost parts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 26:22 Cross References

Proverbs 18:8

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.

Proverbs 20:19

Do not become involved with him who reveals mysteries, and who walks deceitfully, and who enlarges his lips.

Ezekiel 22:9

Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains within you. They have worked wickedness in your midst.

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.