⁶ ¶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.

⁷ A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

⁸ ¶ The words of a talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

¹³ ¶ For him that answers a word before he hears, it is folly and reproach unto him.