Proverbs 18:4-9 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

4. The words of the mouth are deep waters,but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

5. It is not good to be partial to the wickedand so deprive the innocent of justice.

6. The lips of fools bring them strife,and their mouths invite a beating.

7. The mouths of fools are their undoing,and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

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

9. One who is slack in his workis brother to one who destroys.

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