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A fool’s lips enter a fight,
and his mouth invites a beating.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are a trap for his soul.[a]
The words of a gossip are like delicious food.
People gobble them right down.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:7 Or his life
  2. Proverbs 18:8 Literally they go down to the rooms of the belly