The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
Proverbs 26:22 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the 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 slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim's nature]. 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 a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly. |
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.
*'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.