Proverbs 26:22

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

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

The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip;
avoid someone with a big mouth.

There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.

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

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

The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip;
avoid someone with a big mouth.

There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.

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