Proverbs 18:8
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
American Standard Version
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 his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 26:20For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, 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 →