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Proverbs 18:8

Proverbs 18:8 is verse 8 of Proverbs chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

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

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

Proverbs 18:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

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

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

9 Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Proverbs 26:21
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Leviticus 19:16
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Psalms 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Psalms 64:4
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.