Proverbs 18:8
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.
Bible (Wycliffe)
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
7The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
9He that is neisch, and vnstidfast in his werk, is the brother of a man distriynge hise werkis.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thei ben `corrupt, and maad abhomynable in her wickidnessis; noon is that doith good.
Proverbs 12:18A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.
Proverbs 26:20Whanne trees failen, the fier schal be quenchid; and whanne a priuy bacbitere is withdrawun, stryues resten.