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A fool’s words[a] bring strife,
    and his mouth invites fighting.
A fool’s mouth is his unraveling,
    and his lips entrap himself.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
    as they descend to the innermost parts of the body.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:6 Lit. lips