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The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    their lips are a deadly snare.(A)
The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels:
    they sink into one’s inmost being.(B)
Those slack in their work
    are kin to the destroyer.

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The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(A) to their very lives.(B)

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.(C)

One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.(D)

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