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Proverbs 18:8
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The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,And they go down into the innermost parts of the stomach.
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, [fn] And they go down into the inmost body.
The words of a slanderer are greedily swallowed; yea, they go down into the innermost chambers of the belly.
People love to hear gossip. It is like tasty food on its way to the stomach.
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: They go down into a person's innermost parts.
The words of a tale bearer are as wounds, and they goe downe into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.
Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?
The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten]; They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being.
There's nothing so delicious as the taste of gossip! It melts in your mouth.
A slanderer's words are tasty morsels; they slide right down into the belly.
The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
The words of a slothful man bring evil to him, and they cause him to go down into the inner chambers of Sheol.
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: They go down into a person's innermost parts.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of one who speaks about others in secret are like tempting bites of food. They go down into the inside parts of the body.
Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
A gossip's words are like choice morsels; they sink into the inmost being.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
The words of a gossiper are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food. People like to gobble them up.
Gossip is so tasty—how we love to swallow it!
A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.
The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur.
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
words: Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 26:20-22, Leviticus 19:16, Psalms 52:2, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4
talebearer: or, whisperer
as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded
innermost parts: Heb. chambers
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:14 - General Judges 16:18 - Come up 1 Samuel 24:9 - General Psalms 120:4 - Sharp Proverbs 15:4 - a breach Proverbs 20:19 - that goeth Proverbs 26:22 - words Ezekiel 22:9 - men that carry tales Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking
Cross-References
But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.
He fed them yogurt from the herd and milk from the flock, together with the fat of lambs. He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats, together with the choicest wheat. You drank the finest wine, made from the juice of grapes.
Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit for nobles, she brought him yogurt.
Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "Please stay here until we can prepare a young goat for you to eat."
On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect from the fields outside the towns the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites. For all the people of Judah took joy in the priests and Levites and their work.
The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded. I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!
No, he says, ‘Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.'
As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them.
and he ate it as they watched.
A dinner was prepared in Jesus' honor. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those who ate with him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds,.... Or rather they are wounds; they wound the credit and reputation of the person of whom the tale is told; they wound the person to whom it is told, and destroy his love and affection to his friend; and in the issue they wound, hurt, and ruin the talebearer himself. Or, they are "as of those that are wounded" m; they pretend to be affected with the case they tell, and to be grieved for the failings and infirmities of those they are secretly exposing, when at the same time they rejoice at them: or, they are "secret" hidden ones, as Aben Ezra interprets it; they are spoken secretly, and wound secretly, in a backbiting way: or, they are "smooth" or flattering n, as Kimchi; they are smoother than oil, and glide easily into the minds of others: rather, "are greedily swallowed down" o, as the word in the Arabic language signifies; as Schultens has shown, and so renders it. Hence it follows:
and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly; go down pleasantly, and sink deep into the hearts of those to whom they are told; where they have a place and remain, both to the injury of the persons that receive them, and of them of whom they are told; and, though pleasing at first, they are as wounds in the inner parts, which are mortal.
m כמתלהמים "similia sunt verbis eorum, qui saepenumero contusi sunt", Junius Tremellius "ut contusorum", Cocceius. n "Ut lenientia", Montanus; "velut blanda", Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "quasi blandientia", Schmidt, so Ben Melech. o "Tanquam avide deglutita crustula", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first verse speaks of the immediate, the others of the remote, results of the “fool’s” temper. First, “contention,” then “strokes” or blows, then “destruction,” and last, “wounds.”
Proverbs 18:8
Wounds - The word so rendered occurs here and in Proverbs 26:22 only. Others render it “dainties,” and take the verse to describe the avidity with which people swallow in tales of scandal. They find their way to the innermost recesses of man’s nature.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:8. The words of a tale-bearer — דברי נרגן dibrey nirgan, "the words of the whisperer," the busy-body, the busy, meddling croaker. Verba bilinguis, "the words of the double-tongued." - Vulgate. The wordes of the twisel tunge. - Old MS. Bible. "The words of a slanderer." - Coverdale.
The words of a deceiver, the fair-spoken, deeply-malicious man, though they appear soft and gracious, are wounds deeply injurious.
The original word is כמתלהמים kemithlahamim; they are as soft or simple, or undesigning. But Schultens gives another meaning. He observes that [Arabic] lahamah in Arabic signifies to "swallow down quickly or greedily." Such words are like dainties, eagerly swallowed, because inviting to the taste; like gingerbread, apparently gilded over, though with Dutch leaf, which is a preparation of copper; or sweetmeats powdered over with red candied seeds, which are thus formed by red lead; both deeply ruinous to the tender bowels of the poor little innocents, but, because of their sweetness and inviting colour, greedily swallowed down. This makes a good reading, and agrees with the latter clause of the verse, "they go down into the innermost parts of the belly."
