Proverbs 18:8
the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
7The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
9Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.
Cross References
Psalms 52:2Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Proverbs 12:18There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.
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 →