^8 (A)The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into ^(B)the inner parts of the body.

^28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and ^(B)a whisperer ^(C)separates close friends.

^18 (A)There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,
    but the tongue of the wise brings ^(B)healing.

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out,
    and where there is no ^(A)whisperer, ^(B)quarreling ceases.
²¹ As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
    so is ^(C)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
^22 (D)The words of ^(E)a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.

³ who ^(A)whet their tongues like swords,
    who ^(B)aim bitter words like arrows,
⁴ shooting from ^(C)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and ^(D)without fear.

² Your ^(A)tongue plots destruction,
    like ^(B)a sharp razor, you ^(C)worker of deceit.