Proverbs
Chapters 18:3-9
New International Version Anglicized
3When wickedness comes, so does contempt,and with shame comes reproach.
4The words of the mouth are deep waters,but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.
5It is not good to be partial to the wickedand so deprive the innocent of justice.
6The lips of fools bring them strife,and their mouths invite a beating.
7The mouths of fools are their undoing,and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;they go down to the inmost parts.
9One who is slack in his workis brother to one who destroys.