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Proverbs 18:8

English Standard Version 2016

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

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A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.