Isn't it interesting to find sarcasm in the Bible? This writer knew how to use it when teaching against gossip. It's as though he's saying that gossip causes spiritual gas. It causes indigestion. It resides with intestinal feces... I'm not sure how to say it, but the writer of this proverb said it so nicely with wit and sarcasm. To describe the words of a gossip as "choice morsels" meant that they're tasty in the moment, but you just shouldn't consume them. I remember the commercials: "I like pizza, but it doesn't like me." Were those Alka-seltzer or Pepto commercials? Either way, gossip is bad for the soul, like junk food is bad for the body. Just stay away... or else I'll tell everybody all about it.
Readings: 2 Kings 18:13-19:37; Acts 21:1-16; Psalm 149:1-9; Proverbs 18:8
