Proverbs 18:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

American Standard Version (1901)

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

Common English Bible

The words of gossips are like choice snacks; they go down to the inmost parts.