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 Pr 18:8; and are here repeated, as being found along with others by the men of Hezekiah, Pr 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.
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Proverbs 26:22
Proverbs 26:22
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