6A fool’s lips bring him strife,
and his mouth invites a beating.
7A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
that go down into the inmost being.
— Proverbs 18:6-8

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"The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts."