King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 26:22
“The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
20
Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
21
[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
22
The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23
Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;