Proverbs 26:22

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 22 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.21Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

v.22This passage

v.23Fervent lips and a wicked heart Arelikean earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

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

Proverbs 20:19
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.