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The lips of fools walk into a fight,
    and their mouths are asking for a beating.[a]
The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    their lips are a deadly snare.(A)
The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels:
    they sink into one’s inmost being.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:6 The bold personification of lips and mouth is similar to Ps 73:9, “They set their mouths against the heavens, their tongues roam the earth.” Careless words can lead one into serious trouble.