Proverbs 18:8
The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
9He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.
Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife 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 →