PROVERBS CHAPTER 18.
V. 8. The words of a talebearer are as wounds, rather, as sweet morsels, or, as pastime, eagerly grasped and swallowed by those who listen to slander, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly, gladly accepted and remembered.
V. 9. He also that is slothful in his work, who does not apply himself to it with all diligence, is brother to him that is a great waster, a squanderer; the two are closely related, since in either case possessions are lost. V.
10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, he who relies upon Jehovah as He has revealed Himself in His Word has a stronghold of safest protection; the righteous, he who by faith places his confidence in the Lord, runneth into it and is safe, gains a high and sheltered position, where the enemies can do him no harm.