Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
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Cross references
- Leviticus 19:16 “‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.
- Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.