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

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Footnotes

  1. 26:22 Lit to the chambers of the belly

22 The words of a [a]talebearer are like [b]tasty trifles,
And they go down into the [c]inmost body.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:22 gossip or slanderer
  2. Proverbs 26:22 A Jewish tradition wounds
  3. Proverbs 26:22 Lit. rooms of the belly

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

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

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

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