22The 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 wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יH1697Noun - masculine plural constructof a gossipנִ֭רְגָּןH7279Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularare like choice morselsכְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםH3859Preposition-k | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine pluralthatוְ֝הֵ֗םH1992Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralgo downיָרְד֥וּH3381Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralinto the inmost beingחַדְרֵי־H2315Noun - masculine plural construct. . .בָֽטֶן׃H990Noun - feminine singular