THEOSISProverbs 18:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Prov 16:28A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
- Lev 19:16Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord.
- Prov 26:20When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
- Prov 26:22The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
- Ps 52 (51):2
- Ps 64 (63):3
- Ps 64 (63):4