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Proverbs 18:8

The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry
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King James Version

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

English Standard Version

The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

New International Version

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.