Proverbs 26:22
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
21As ye cole maketh burning coles, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.
Cross References
Proverbs 18:8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
Ezekiel 22:9In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.
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 →