Proverbs 18:8
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8Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy;
do you really want junk like that in your belly?
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one’s heart.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels,
and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
The words of a talebearer are as wounds,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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