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The mouths of fools are their ruin,
    and their lips a snare to themselves.(A)
The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
    they go down into the inner parts of the body.(B)
One who is slack in work
    is close kin to a vandal.(C)

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

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

One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.(D)

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