Proverbs 18:8 Cross References - BSB

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

¹⁶ You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

² Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

³ who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ⁴ ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

¹⁸ Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

²⁸ A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

²⁰ Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. ²¹ Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. ²² The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.