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A fool’s lips come into strife,
    and his mouth invites beatings.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
    and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
    they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

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A fool’s lips bring strife,
    and a fool’s mouth invites a flogging.
The mouths of fools are their ruin,
    and their lips a snare to themselves.(A)
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.(B)

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13 He who answers before he hears,
    that is folly and shame to him.

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13 If one gives answer before hearing,
    it is folly and shame.(A)

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