John Gill Commentary Proverbs 26:22

"The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts." — Proverbs 26:22 (ASV)

The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down
into the innermost parts of the belly .
] These expressions are the same with those in (Proverbs 18:8) ; and are here repeated, as being found along with others by the men of Hezekiah, (Proverbs 25:1) ; as some others likewise are; and also because of the importance of them; and to impress the minds of men with a sense of the evil of such a practice, that they may shun it, and avoid those that are given to it. (See Gill on Proverbs 18:8).