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Proverbs 26:22
Proverbs 26:22 is verse 22 of Proverbs chapter 26, 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.
King James Version
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
World English Bible
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
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Proverbs 26:20–24 · Berean Standard Bible
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 20:19He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Ezekiel 22:9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.