Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; 1 they go down into the inner parts of the body. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
23Like the glaze overlaying an earthen vessel 1 so are burning lips and an evil heart. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels 1 and they go down into the inner parts of the body. 1
Ezekiel 22:9Slanderous men have come within you in order to pour out blood, and they eat on the mountains. They perform wickedness in your midst.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:21-23
20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Contention is as a fire; it heats the spirit, burns up all that is good, and puts families and societies into a flame. Now here we are told how that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning, that we may avoid the occasions… Read the whole commentary →