Proverbs 18:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁵It is not right to be partial to the guilty,
    or to subvert the innocent in judgement.
⁶A fool’s lips bring strife,
    and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.
⁷The mouths of fools are their ruin,
    and their lips a snare to themselves.

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