Proverbs 18:8 meaning and explanation
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 18:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 18:8 observes how eagerly people receive gossip. The Hebrew word translated gossip comes from a root meaning to whisper or murmur, and the image is of food: slander is swallowed like a delicacy, then settles deep inside the one who listens.
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