THEOSISProverbs 26:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.
דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:8The 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.
- Prov 20:19Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
- Ezek 22:9Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee.