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A fool will not take pleasure in understanding,
    but in expressing his heart.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 18:2 Or “mind”

Fools have no interest in understanding;
    they only want to air their own opinions.

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The lips of a fool will bring strife,
    and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 18:7 Or “life,” or “inner self”

Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels;
    they are asking for a beating.

The mouths of fools are their ruin;
    they trap themselves with their lips.

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13 He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as[a] shame.

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  1. Proverbs 18:13 Hebrew “and”

13 Spouting off before listening to the facts
    is both shameful and foolish.

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