Proverbs 18:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
  • Prov 16:28 : 28 A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.
  • Prov 26:20-22 : 20 Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth. 21 As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife. 22 The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes. 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:22-23
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    22The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

    23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  • Prov 11:13
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    13Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Prov 16:27-28
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    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

    28A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27He that diggeth a pit shal fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

    28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

    19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

  • Eccl 10:11-12
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    11If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.

    12The words of ye mouth of a wise man haue grace: but the lippes of a foole deuoure himselfe.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 18:9
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    9He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

    19A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Prov 23:8-9
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    8Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.

    9Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 26:19-20
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    19So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

    20Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.

  • Jer 9:8
    71%

    8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    20With the fruite of a mans mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

    21Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Lev 19:16
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    16Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.

  • Prov 10:10
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    10He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, & he that is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.

  • Prov 25:23
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    23As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.

  • Ps 55:21
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    21The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

  • Prov 20:30
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    30The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.