Proverbs 26:22

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.

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

²³ Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

²⁴ A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

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Sammenlign

ÅB: En øretuters ord er som velsmakende retter, og de trenger ned i hjertets indre.
OTB: Ordene til en sladrehank er som utvalgte biter; de går ned til de innerste deler.
B1930: En øretuters ord er som velsmakende retter, og de trenger ned i hjertets indre.

BSB: The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
KJV: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
WEB: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
ASV: The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
DARBY: The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
BLB: The words of one whispering [are] like morsels being swallowed, they even go down [to] the chambers of the belly.

Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
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Proverbs 20:19
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
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Ezekiel 22:9
Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
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