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22 The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels:
    they sink into one’s inmost being.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:22 Malicious gossip is compared to delicious food that is swallowed and lodges in the deepest recesses of one’s body. Negative comments are seldom forgotten. Prv 18:8 is a duplicate.

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

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22 Gossip is so tasty! How we love to swallow it!

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22 The (A)words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the [a]innermost parts of the body.

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  1. Proverbs 26:22 Lit chambers 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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