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

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

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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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