22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
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Compare the marginal reference note.
The words of a tale-bearer - The same with Proverbs 18:8 (note), where see the note.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. These expressions are the same with those in Proverbs 18:8; and are here repeated, as being found along with others by the men of Hezekiah, Proverbs 25:1; as some others likewise are; and also because of the importance of them; and to impress the minds of men with a sense of the evil of such a practice, that they may shun it, and avoid those that are given to it. See Gill on Proverbs 18:8.
22 The words of the tale-bearer are like dainty morsels;
And they glide down into the innermost parts.
A repetition of Proverbs 18:8.
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