The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
All Commentaries on Proverbs 18:8 Go To Proverbs 18
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Tongued. Hebrew, "calumniator. "He pretends to wish well to those of whom he speaks, or else to guard the company against deceit. (Calmet)
"If the devil be upon the detractor's tongue, he is in the ears of those who pay attention to him. "(St. Francis de Sales)
Fear, is in the Septuagint, above. The Vulgate retains both this and the new version of St. Jerome.