Proverbs 26:22 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²² Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

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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.

Proverbs 26:22 Cross References

Proverbs 18:8

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

Proverbs 20:19

6 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

Ezekiel 22:9

7 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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: