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Proverbs 18:8

Modern English Version

The words of a slanderer are like tasty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the heart.

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

The words of the rash are like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

The mouth of a fool is his undoing; his lips are the snare of his soul.

He who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, nor shall you stand by while the life of your neighbor is in danger: I am the Lord.