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Proverbs 18:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

The words of a slanderer are greedily swallowed; yea, they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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Like a sharp razor your tongue devises destruction, working deceit.

There is a rash speaking like thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise ones is healing.

A man of perversity sends out strife, and a talebearer separates from a friend.

The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

And he who is slack in his work, he is a brother to a master of destruction.

You shall not go as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand up against the blood of your neighbor; I am Jehovah.