Proverbs 18:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ A gossip’s words are like delicacies that go down to one’s innermost being.  ,

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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.

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.

Proverbs 18:8 Cross References

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:28

A contrary person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his devastation, and his lips are a trap for his life.

Proverbs 18:9

The one who is lazy in his work is brother to a vandal.  ,

Leviticus 19:16

Do not go about spreading slander  among your people; do not jeopardise  your neighbour’s life; I am the Lord.