A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.(A)

A gossip’s words are like choice food
that goes down to one’s innermost being.[a](B)

The one who is lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:8 Lit to the chambers of the belly
  2. 18:9 Lit master of destruction

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