Proverbs 18:8 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁸ 5 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.

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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

Psalm 52:2

I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

Proverbs 12:18

5 Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

Proverbs 16:28

A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 18:7

4 The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?

Proverbs 18:9

6 A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Leviticus 19:16

1 And for his trespass he shall offer a ram to the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: