Proverbs 18:8 in the World English Bible
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
Context
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.