Proverbs 18:8

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Proverbs 18:8

Proverbs 18:8

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.

Proverbs 16:28

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

Psalm 52:2

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 64:3-4

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 26:20-22

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Words

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14

1 Samuel 24:9

Bible References

Words

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.

Without wood, fire goes out;
without a gossip, conflict dies down.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,

General references

and accuses her of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, ‘I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn’t find any evidence of her virginity,’

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?

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