A moment in scripture
Proverbs 26:22
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The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
- Proverbs 26:21
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- Proverbs 26:23
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- Proverbs 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.