Cross references
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
that go down into the inmost being.
Proverbs 18:8 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 19:16 (7 votes) and Proverbs 12:18 (7 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Leviticus 19 to Ephesians 4.
Which verses does Proverbs 18:8 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Leviticus 19:167 votes
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- Proverbs 12:187 votes
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Proverbs 16:287 votes
A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
- Proverbs 26:20–225 votes
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. …
- Psalm 52:23 votes
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Psalm 64:3–43 votes
who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
Which verses point to Proverbs 18:8?
The 10 strongest of 12.