Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
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Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
Parallel Translations
Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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