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Proverbs 18:8 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 8
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.Proverbs 18:8 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:8 in context
6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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Key words (Strong's)
- talebearernirgâna slandererH5372 →
- woundslâhamproperly, to burn inH3859 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- partschederan apartmentH2315 →
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Tale-bearers are those who secretly carry stories from house to house, which perhaps have some truth in them, but are secrets not fit to be told, or are basely misrepresented, and false colours put upon them, and are all told with design to blast men's reputation, to break their friendship, to make mischief between…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary