Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 18:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body. American Standard Version (1901) The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts. Common English Bible The words of gossips are like choice snacks; they go down to the inmost parts. Catholic Public Domain Version The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry. |
Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
*'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.