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

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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

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

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A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:8 Lit to the chambers of the belly

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the [a]innermost parts of the body.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:8 Lit chambers of the belly