Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Cross References (6)

  • Leviticus 19:16 (7)

    You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LOR

  • Proverbs 16:28 (7)

    A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

  • Proverbs 12:18 (7)

    Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Proverbs 26:20–22 (5)

    Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

  • Psalms 52:2 (3)

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  • Psalms 64:3–4 (3)

    who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,