Proverbs 18:8

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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A froward man soweth strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: But the tongue of the wise is health.

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

He also that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.