Proverbs 18:8 - 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.

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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.

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.

English Standard Version 2016

⁸ The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Proverbs 18:8 Cross References

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.