Proverbs 26:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

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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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

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 Krydshenvisninger

Proverbs 18:8

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

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand idly by when the blood of your neighbor is at stake: I am the Lord.