Proverbs 18:7-9

Lexham English Bible

⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.^[a]
8 The words of a whisper are like delicious morsels,
    and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.
⁹ Even he who is slack in his work,
    he is brother to a master^[b] of destruction.