Proverbs 18:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸Gossip is so tasty—how we love to swallow it!

⁹A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.

¹⁰The Lord is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.

Proverbs 18:8-10

New International Version

⁸The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.^(A)

⁹One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.^(B)

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;^(C)
the righteous run to it and are safe.^(D)

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)