Proverbs 18:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ It is not good to ·honor [or show favor to] the wicked
or to be unfair to the innocent.

⁶ The ·words [^Llips] of fools ·start quarrels [or make accusations].
·They make people want to beat them [^LTheir mouth invites a beating].

⁷ The ·words [^Lmouth] of fools will ruin them;
their own ·words [^Llips] will trap them.