Proverbs 18:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

Proverbs 12:18

There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.

Psalm 52:2

They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that doth good.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

Proverbs 18:9

He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.