Proverbs
Chapters 18:7-13
New International Version Anglicized
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.
10The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;the righteous run to it and are safe.
11The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
12Before a downfall the heart is haughty,but humility comes before honour.
13To answer before listening –that is folly and shame.