Proverbs 18:8

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 52:2

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

Proverbs 12:18

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

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 18:7

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

Proverbs 18:9

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

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life[1] of your neighbor: I am the LORD.