Proverbs 18:6-9

New International Version - UK

⁶ The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.

⁷ The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.

⁹ One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.