Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are like sweet morsels; For they go down to the innermost parts of the body.
Noyes Bible
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 a snare for his life.
9Moreover, he that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischief, Like a sharp razor, thou contriver of deceit!
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth like the piercing of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 26:20Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out; So, where there is no talebearer, 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 →