Proverbs 18:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
    and his lips are a snare to himself.
⁸The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.
⁹He who is slack in his work
    is a brother to him who destroys.

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