⁶ The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.^(A)

⁷ The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare^(B) to their very lives.^(C)

⁸ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
    they go down to the inmost parts.^(D)

⁹ One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.^(E)

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;^(F)
    the righteous run to it and are safe.^(G)

¹¹ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;^(H)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

¹² Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.^(I)