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The words of fools start quarrels.
    They make people want to beat them.

The words of fools will ruin them;
    their own words will trap them.

The words of a gossip are like tasty bits of food.
    People like to gobble them up.

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The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(B) to their very lives.(C)

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

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