Proverbs 18:8

Proverbs chapter 18 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

v.7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

v.8This passage

v.9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Psalms 52:2
Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Psalms 64:3
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.