Proverbs 26:22
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
יָרַד
they go down
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יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
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חֶדֶר
the chambers of
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חֶדֶר
an apartment (usually literal)
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רָגַן
a slanderer
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רָגַן
to grumble, i.e. rebel
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