22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:22

Commentary on Proverbs 26:20-22

(Read Proverbs 26:20-22)

Contention heats the spirit, and puts families and societies into a flame. And that fire is commonly kindled and kept burning by whisperers and backbiters.