"The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly."
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Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: They go down into a person's innermost parts.
The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.