Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
In Context
7A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
9He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
Proverbs 12:18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:7-8
6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. Solomon has often shown what mischief bad men do to others with their ungoverned tongues; here he shows what mischief they do to themselves. 1. They embroil themselves in quarrels: A fool's lips, without any cause or call, enter into contention, by advancing foolish notions which others find themselves obliged to oppose, and so a quarrel is begun, or by giving… Read the whole commentary →