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Bede, on Prov 26:22
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Prov 26:22 · Douay-Rheims
“The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.”
On this verse:
“The words of a whisperer are as simple, etc. He calls the whisperer an instigator of strife and double-tongued, who pretends to praise words and seeks to hear that from which he can sow discord.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.