Proverbs 18:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ A ^(A)fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.
⁸ The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the ^[a]innermost parts of the body.
⁹ He also who is ^(B)slack in his work
^(C)Is brother to him who destroys.