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Proverbs 18:8

The iwords of a 2talebearer are 3as wounds, and they go down into the 4innermost parts of the belly.

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

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Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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 neighbour: I am the LORD.

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Or, whisperer.

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Or, like as when men are wounded.

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Heb. chambers.