Proverbs 18:8 Cross References - CLV

⁸ The words of a babbler are like tidbits; They descend to the chambers of one's belly.

¹⁶ You shall not go about as a defamer among your kinsmen; you shall not stand against the blood of your associate:I am Yahweh.

² Your tongue devises woes, Like a honed razor, you who practice deceit."

³ Who whet their tongue like a sword; They position their arrow--a bitter word-- ⁴ To shoot at the flawless from concealment. Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.

¹⁸ There is talk that is like stabbings of a sword, Yet the tongue of the wise is healing."

²⁸ A man of duplicity sends forth a quarrel, And a babbler parts one from his mentor."

²⁰ When the wood reaches its limit, a fire is quenched, And when there is no babbler, a quarrel calms down." ²¹ Coal for embers and wood for fire, And a quarrelsome man to heat a contention." ²² The words of a babbler are like tidbits; They descend to the chambers of one's belly.