22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:22
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 22
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The words דִּבְרֵ֣י H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct of a gossip נִ֭רְגָּן H7279 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular are like choice morsels כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים H3859 Preposition-k | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural that וְ֝הֵ֗ם H1992 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural go down יָרְד֥וּ H3381 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural into the inmost being חַדְרֵי־ H2315 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . בָֽטֶן׃ H990 Noun - feminine singular